European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance Issues Statement on Treatment of Georgians in Russian Federation

December 19th, 2006 at 06:41am

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance has issued a statement expressing “deep concern” over the Russian Federation’s treatment of ethnic Georgians, which has included repeated, discrimnatory detentions and deportations. The Commission called on Russia to maintain the rule of law in dealing with minority groups.

For the full text of the statement, see here.

Entry Filed under: Europe & CIS, Human Rights