ECtHR: Russia Responsible for Killing, Torture of Georgian Prisoners of War in 2008

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Russia violated the right to life and the prohibition of torture in connection with eight Georgian prisoners of war in 2008, including Georgia’s national hero Giorgi Antsukhelidze, ordering Moscow to pay compensation to victims’ families and surviving servicemen. The judgment, delivered on June 23 in …

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