War Crimes In Chechnya and the Response of the West
War Crimes In Chechnya and the Response of the West Unidentified Chechen Villagers This terrifying image from 2002 shows a group of Chechen villagers looking up from a hole they dug themselves, shortly before it was turned into a burial pit. This horrific occurrence took place following troubles with Chechen rebels. It's alleged that soldiers raided villages in the local area, dragging them off to be tortured or killed and often attempting to ransom them to the families. In the aftermath, various pits were discovered in fields, filled with body parts that appeared to have been blown up with explosives In Chechnya, mass graves containing hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the Chechen wars in 1994. As of June 2008, there were 57 registered locations of mass graves in Chechnya According to Amnesty International, thousands may be buried in unmarked graves including up to 5,000 civilians who disappeared since the beginning of the Second Chechen War in 1999. ...