The statement of the dwellers of the villages of Artsev, Grom and Bikar about the violations of their rights on the Georgian police`s illegal posts in the zone of conflict

We, the dwellers of the villages of Artsev, Grom and Bikar, bring to your notice that we are subjected to violent exanimation of the personal belongings, outrages and recruitment by the Georgian Special Forces personnel. They did not allow us to take foodstuffs at all.

The passengers are made get off; they are being insulted and humiliated. In the vicinity of the village of Grom the Georgian side also established another illegal checkpoint that also scoffs at the passengers.

We have an earnest request to look into these problems.

At the same time we ask to make the road laying from the village of Grom to the village of Artsev by passing the Georgian villages.

28 February 2008