Central Asia

The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia

————————————————— Islamic Human Rights Commission ————————————————— 17 June 2003 The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia Following the second Russian invasion of Chechnya in 1999 and the resultant genocide, an estimated 200,000 civilian refugees, predominately Chechen Muslims, fled to neighbouring republics. Approximately 4,000 have sought