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Inhabitants of High Mountain Village Request Help
October 10, 2008
“We have neither electricity nor a road. We can not even dream about the possibility of a supply of gas. We are in very difficult situation, and especially in winter and during the season when there are floods. When there is heavy rain the river Cheremis Khevi spins out of its banks and the only road connecting our village with the district is closed. At that season of the year we are isolated with the rest of the world. We stock up wheat flour and other provisions during the summer so that we do not starve out during the winter,” says Tamar Iaganashvili, one of those living in the village of Cheremi.
Criminal Investigation of Misappropriated IDP Funding
October 10, 2008
The Constitutional Security Department of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened a criminal investigation into unreasonable expenses and misappropriation of the funds that were allocated to meet the needs of IDPs from the Shida Kartli region. These Georgians became IDPs as a result of the war situation in August. A reliable source reported to the Human Rights Center about the opening of the investigation. Investigators of the CSD already have interrogated several businesspersons who claim to have allocated several thousand GELS for the purpose of assisting needy IDPs.
Coming-home to houses looted by Ossetians and/or by Georgians – or both
October 10, 2008
Yesterday the representatives of sub-department of Shida Kartli Regional Police glumly entered Georgian villages. The inhabitants of the villages of Nikozi, Pkhvenisi, Ergneti, Brotsleti and so on met the Georgian law enforcement with utter happiness. Marat Kulakhmetov, the head of Russian peacekeepers handed the former Russian block posts over to Vova Jugheli, who is the head of Shida Kartli Regional Police.
Only Abkhazian Passports Holders Allowed to Cross Enguri River
October 9, 2008
105 IDP Families from Abkhazia Evicted from Vocational College for Communications
October 9, 2008
First Centre of Humanitarian Aid for IDPs Residing in Private Houses
October 9, 2008
De-mining Team Is Working in Vacated Villages in Gori District
October 9, 2008
Harvest of “Custer Bombs” in Georgian Villages in Gori Region
October 8, 2008
A covert follow-up investigation on October 2 by reporter Jeffrey K. Silverman, and a freelance photographer, Ian Carver (both American citizens) revealed cluster bombs were used in Georgia’s Gori region, (security zone), as earlier documented by the Human Rights Watch in South Ossetia proper. The two had slipped through the Russian block posts on the edge of the security zone between Gori and South Ossetia by posing as locals and using local transport.
‘Tskhinvali full of Broken Glass and Dead Bodies”….
October 7, 2008
“Ordeal of an Ossetian Woman” who left Tskhinvali 5 days ago “By August 7th there were hardly any civilians left in Tskhinvali. Everyone knew that the war would soon start. I met Valia Jioeva, my acquaintance and the cook from the prison in the street. She told me that she was leaving Tskhinvali and this was three days before the war actually started. When I asked her where she was going she said that the prison administration freed those who were good at shooting and the prison staff received their salaries in advance. They were then told to escape in order to save their lives. I immediately called my son who lives in the Georgian village of Disevi following this conversation. He was building a house at that time. I told him the evacuation process had started in Tskhinvali and warned him to evacuate the family from the village as soon as possible.
Georigan IDPs on Verge of Starvation in Kakheti Region
October 3, 2008
Were Tens of Thousands of GEL Collected from Businesspersons Squandered? Vano Merabishvili, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili about the work the Georgian government is conducting for helping the people who incurred loses from the Russian aggression of August. However, the Minister of Internal Affairs did not mention anything about the IDPs residing in the Kakheti region. Most of them continue to live in under the most unbearable of conditions. Bread, let alone medicines and the most essential of products are being provided only in small quantities. There is not an adequate amount for all IDPs. They are receiving this aid within the frameworks of UN World Food Program. On top of all their other problems, the meager aid is not even being distributed on time. No one knows where the representatives of district governments within Kakheti region spent tens of thousands of GEL that were raised from businesspersons and employees of Kakheti regional organizations, and some was funded from various state bodies.
IDP from Karaleti Village Hunger Striking with her Children
October 1, 2008
Tent Town in Post War Period in Gori
September 19, 2008
People were called to gather in the tent town at 2:00 PM; volunteer from Tbilisi was shouting over a megaphone. They called for the IDPs to gather near the water tap. There are toilet and bathe cabins near the tap. “You will hear good news for you; do not be lazy to come… I do not get high salary for my work here; I come here from Tbilisi every day to assist you…” the volunteer from Tbilisi did not stop and was shouting in the megaphone.
Georgians Forbidden in Akhalgori District
September 18, 2008
Dying We Live in a Dump: “Few Options for IDPs in Kutaisi”
September 17, 2008
Those IDPs from collective centers now warehoused in the Imereti Region have addressed the Kutaisi Office of the Human Rights Centre about their immediate concerns. IDPs from Upper Abkhazia, (former Kodori Gorge) are now complaining about the acute and critical living conditions they face and see no improvement in sight of their plight. They have even applied to domestic NGOs and international organizations for possible assistance. The IDPs are saying that they have lost confidence in the local government a long time ago, and further explained that the conditions they are currently facing are utterly unbearable.
17 Years of Homelessness Unresolved for South Ossetian IDPs Family in Akhaltsikhe
September 16, 2008
Nobody Takes Care of the Shalutashvili Family- IDPs from Tskhinvali Region The Family of Jimsher Shalutashvili and Tsitsino Zedginidze has long suffered from the status and plight of IDPs from Tskhinvali Region, which first resulted from Georgian- South Ossetian conflict in 1991, and they have lost their home for the second time. The house the Shatulashvilis had been sheltered was sold at public auction for a rather low price of a few hundred dollars.
Georgia vs. Russia: Torture/Forced Labor
September 15, 2008
“We might claim that Georgia initiated the war … but it appears at first impression more like a situation when somebody spits in your face twenty days on and finally you react by slapping that person back. Suddenly, the provocateur blames you for the overreaction and says, ‘I have only spit on you but I never hit you….”
IDPs Escaping Difficult Living Conditions and Backhanders in Kutaisi
September 11, 2008
IDPs leave Kutaisi little-by-little. However, leaving does not mean returning to their homes. The IDPs are escaping from difficult living conditions and an uncertain future.
Hygiene Catastrophe in Gori IDP Camps
September 10, 2008
IDPs residing in the tents in Gori complain about the pending hygiene crisis. They have neither soap, nor shampoo, nor hot water…People who escaped bullets now face a public health crisis and possible epidemics
City Hall Cannot Find Accommodation for IDPs Evicted from Schools
September 9, 2008
In regard of upcoming school-term Georgian government started to empty the public schools from IDPs. The City Hall and district boards are looking for alternative spaces for them; though because restricted resources IDPs cannot offer proper living conditions. Dissatisfied IDPs try themselves to occupy empty buildings that often ends up with quarrel.
The government keeps in secret the process of humanitarian aid distribution.
September 8, 2008
According to the September 6 information of the Georgian Ministry of Refugees and Accommodation amount of IDPs now living in Tbilisi is 39,596, in regions – 21,776 and their total number is 61,372. Four hundred shelters have been set up in Tbilisi; 118 in regions and 518 in total. By August 22, 121,167 IDPs were registered from Tskhinvali district and Shida Kartli region. 22,576 people lived in 670 shelters in Tbilisi; 89 shelters operating in the regions. The majority of IDPs are living with their relatives. Despite the huge amount of humanitarian aid, most IDP families could not get bread and sanitary items. Non-governmental organizations are not allowed to monitor the distribution of humanitarian aid.