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Russia ethnic cleansing in Georgia 2008

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European Court of Human Rights has found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians following the ceasefire of the August 2008 war from r/worldnews

https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/167

Georgia has won the 2008 war case against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The court released its judgement earlier today which says that Russia violated several articles of the European Convention on Human rights during the conflict and carried out ethnic cleansing of Georgians.

The court said that Russia violated the following articles:

  • The right to life (Article 2).
  • Prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 3).
  • The right to liberty and security (Article 5).
  • The right to protection of private and family life (Article 8).
  • Protection of property (Article 1 of Additional Protocol 1);
  • Freedom of movement (Article 2 of Protocol No. 4).