Document #1305444

Civil Georgia

Parliament Backs Meskhetian Repatriation

http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=15325

ecoi.net summary:
A draft law, approved with its first hearing, wants to establish procedures for the repatriation of Meskhetians – survivors or descendants of a rural Muslim population who were deported by Joseph Stalin from southern Georgia in 1944
Country:
Georgia
Source:
Civil Georgia
Original link:
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=15325
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
22 June 2007
Document ID:
1305444 (former ID 76971)

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