Information on the treatment of people of Georgian and Abkhaz ancestry in Georgia, including Abkhazia, and of ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia [GGA26352.E]

For information on the treatment of ethnic Georgians in the Abkhazia region of Georgia, please consult the attachments. Information on the treatment in Georgia, including Abkhazia, of people of Georgian and Abkhaz ancestry could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments


Amnesty International. October 1996. Georgia: Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns. (AI Index: EUR 56/04/96). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1, 11-15.

Georgian Radio [Tbilisi, in Georgian]. 31 January 1997. "Militia Detains 22 Georgians Allegedly for Breaching Passport Regime." (BBC Summary 4 Feb. 1997/NEXIS)

Iberia News Agency [Tbilisi, in Georgian]. 2 February 1996. "Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict; Georgian Security Ministry Admits Guerrilla Activities by Georgians in Abkhazia." (BBC Summary 4 Feb. 1996/NEXIS)

ITAR-TASS. 27 January 1997. Gocha Ablotia and Tengiz Pachkoria. "Georgian Media Report Abkhazian Raid on Georgian Villages." (NEXIS)

_____. 10 December 1996. Tengiz Pachkoriya. "Abkhazia Denies Hostage-Taking Raid on Georgian Villages." (NEXIS)

_____. 22 October 1996. Tengiz Pachkotiya. "Georgian TV Reports, Abkhazia Denies Hostage-Taking Raid." (NEXIS)

Republic of Abkhazia Radio [Sukhumi, in Russian]. 24 November 1996. "Abkhaz Separatist Leader Deplores Acts of Sabotage on Election Day." (BBC Summary 26 Nov. 1996/NEXIS)

Reuters. 23 September 1996. BC Cycle. Evelyn Leopold. "Georgia Wants Action Against Separatists." (NEXIS)

Sakinform News Agency [Tbilisi, in Georgian]. 24 October 1996. "Abkhaz Leaders Reserve 12 Seats for Ethnic Georgians in 35-Member Parliament." (BBC Summary 26 Oct. 1996/NEXIS)

Additional Sources Consulted


Amnesty International Report. Yearly.

CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.

DIRB country file on Georgia.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.

News from Human Rights Watch [New York]. Monthly.

Transition [Prague]. Monthly.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Monthly.

On-line search of media sources.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.