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Mike coder
The Hague, The Netherlands (AP) — A judge from the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on suspicion of committing a war crime in Russo in 2008. Arrest warrants have been issued to three men. -Georgia War, court announced Thursday.
The Hague-based court began investigating the dispute in 2016, killing hundreds and evacuating thousands of civilians. Russia invaded Georgia after violence between the separatists and the Georgian army. In 2021, the European Court of Human Rights concluded that a "serious human rights violation" had occurred on Russian territory.
Three wanted lieutenants — lieutenants. Mikhail Minzaev, Gamlet Gutimazov, David Sanakoev — Served the government of the Russian-backed Republic of South Ossetia.
In a June 24 decision released Thursday, the Judges' Committee said, "There is good reason to believe that each of these three suspects is liable for war crimes. I conclude.
Mindzaev and Guchmazov occupy the top positions in the South Ossetian Ministry of Interior, and Sanakoev served as presidential representative of human rights in the segregated areas.
"Ethnically recognized Georgian civilians were arrested in the South Oceania region of Georgia and subsequently detained, abused and severely detained in Tukimbari detention center. There is good reason to believe it, "the court said in a statement. The prisoners were later "used as a means of negotiation by the de facto authorities of Russia and South Osetia and used to exchange prisoners of war for detainees. As a result of the exchange, detainees were forced to leave South Osetia.
The ICC is a court of last resort to file a lawsuit if state authorities do not want or cannot initiate a prosecution. ICC prosecutors are currently investigating alleged crimes in several countries, including the ongoing war in Ukraine.
