Chechen refugee situation in Pankissi still intenseRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus - Chechen refugees living in the villages in Pankissi Gorge, Georgia, are repeatedly being attacked by unknown armed groups.
About 11 people were detained for several hours during the latest raid by a group of masked and armed men. The refugees assumed the attackers to be members of the Georgian security service because they tried hiring the people who had been arrested.
"The situation remains intense, and people's anxiety is growing daily. We don’t know what we’ll do if the pressure increases during the next two weeks. But I’m sure of one thing: the majority of refugees are not going back to the occupied Chechen Republic," said an unnamed refugee on the phone to our Prague Watchdog correspondent. (U/E,T)
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