HRW demands investigation of attack on independent journalist28.07.10 11:38Human Rights Watch called on Russia and the international community to press the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to bring those responsible for the attack to justice and to foster a normal working climate for civil and political activists in the region. The statement was published on the official website of the of the HRW. The organization has responded to the attack on independent journalist in Tskhinvali Region, who was brutally beaten up by the puppet regime authorities a few days ago. The journalist is held in VLadikavkaz hospital due to the permanent pressure even after the violence. `We are appalled by the attack on Tskhovrebov and deeply concerned about the safety of activists in South Ossetia,` said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. `A prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation is needed to bring the assailants to justice.` `Whenever there are credible grounds for suspecting official involvement or acquiescence in acts of ill-treatment, the authorities have a clear legal obligation to make sure that an effective investigation is conducted that is capable of establishing the extent of any such involvement and bringing those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said. Human rights law prohibits the use of immunity to protect officials from accountability for acts of ill-treatment,` the statement says. Timur Tskhovrebov, editor of The XXI Seculare independent newspaper and founder of the Iron Republican Party in South Ossetia, was attacked by approximately 10 individuals, allegedly including three members of the South Ossetian parliament, on July 24, 2010. The assailants reportedly threatened to kill Tskhovrebov because he had signed a joint appeal with Georgian activists urging those involved in the United Nations-sponsored Geneva consultations, a negotiations platform established after the August 2008 war, to make the humanitarian needs of the local population, including their security and freedom of movement, a priority. Tskhovrebov was hospitalized with multiple injuries.
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