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 2 September 2008

Beatings, Looting, Intimidation in Russian Buffer Zone in Georgia - UNHCR

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.