2 September 2008
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Beatings, Looting, Intimidation in Russian Buffer Zone in Georgia - UNHCR
02/09/2008
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is worried about humanitarian conditions in the Georgian town of Gori, which is South of South Ossetia. So far over 4,000 internally displaced people are living in and around Gori, and more continue to arrive because of on going beatings, home burnings and looting in their villages in the Russian-imposed buffer zone.
Two reports by Jerry Piasecki
Report 1 - UNHCR worried about humanitarian conditions in Gori
Report 2 - Story of one village where almost all have left except for the elderly and bedridden.
Full briefing available below.

