TBILISI, Georgia: Amnesty International says that both Georgia and Russia seriously violated international law during their August war.
(AP) Amnesty says it has collected evidence suggesting Georgian forces indiscriminately fired on civilian targets inside the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
The rights group says in a report released Tuesday that the attacks resulted in "scores of civilian deaths."
Amnesty says Russia failed to stop killings and torture by South Ossetian militias in ethnic Georgian enclaves inside the breakaway republic.
The war erupted after Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili attempted to retake South Ossetia by military force. Russia responded with overwhelming force, pushing deep inside Georgia.
