De facto president of Tskhinvali on ECHR’s ruling: ‘collective West is shielding Georgia’
Bibilov maintains that his state will use every opportunity to ‘bring the truth’ about the events of August 2008 to the world. Photo: 1tv.ge
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De facto president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, Anatoly Bibilov, has said that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling on the August 2008 war cases in favour of Georgia was not unexpected.
Bibilov claims that the ‘collective West’ is shielding Georgia and encouraging the country to ‘continue armed aggressions.’
The de facto president of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) maintains that his state will use every opportunity to ‘bring the truth’ about the events of August 2008 to the world.
I will not say that we were waiting for another decision. According to their logic, if Georgia did not actually seize control over South Ossetia, then it should not be held responsible for hundreds of killed and wounded civilians... The judges of the ECHR decided that this does not fall under Georgian jurisdiction,
- Bibilov recently told the Res news agency.
The ECHR dismissed two Russian cases filed against Georgia pertaining to the August war of 2008 on October 21.
Georgia won another lawsuit against Russia over the 2008 Russo-Georgian war in the ECHR on January 21, 2021.
The verdict found Russia responsible for violating the human rights of Georgian citizens, and recognised the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions as integral parts of Georgia.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has stated that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to dismiss two cases filed by Russia against Georgia regarding the August 2008 war is an important step towards the de-occupation of the country’s two occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The ECHR has ruled two Russian cases submitted to the court pertaining to the August war of 2008 inadmissible: ‘Shavlokhova and others vs. Georgia’ and ‘Bekoyeva and others vs. Georgia’. Georgian Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze said that the cases were filed by individuals living in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region in August 2008, who claimed that Georgia had breached their human rights.
De facto president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region Anatoly Bibilov says that the recent judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favour of Georgia in the Russia-Georgia 2008 war case is ‘biased, politicised and has nothing to do with real facts.’
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 is carrying out an effective control of Georgia’s Tskhinvali and Abkhazia regions and is responsible for the violation of human rights of Georgian citizens.