14 August 2008

Georgia Conflict Alert: The Need for an Immediate End to Hostilities in South Ossetia

Georgia Conflict Alert: The Need for an Immediate End to Hostilities in South Ossetia

Tbilisi/Brussels, 8 August 2008: The current fighting in South Ossetia represents a humanitarian threat to 75,000 civilians in the region and risks a larger regional conflict if it expands to other parts of Georgia including Abkhazia. All sides should immediately cease hostilities in South Ossetia, uphold humanitarian law, protect the civilian population and resume talks to stop an expansion of the conflict.

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