TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Thursday reports indicate Russian and Georgian troops appeared to have killed and injured citizens caught between the warring sides.

NAZRAN, Russia, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An international human rights group Sunday criticized Russian authorities for detaining 12 journalists and others monitoring a protest.

TBILISI, Georgia, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Excessive force was used on protesters in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi by government forces last month, Human Rights Watch claimed Thursday.

TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A state of emergency was in place in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi Wednesday as President Mikheil Saakashvili clamped down after a series of protests.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Journalist Alisher Saipov has been shot and killed in Osh, a city in southern Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Three rights groups called on the national government of Georgia Thursday to speed up its abolition of torture and abuse of prison inmates.

MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Russia targeted Georgians for expulsion last year during a political dispute with the former Soviet satellite, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- An Uzbek court has released a translator for Human Rights Watch, the organization announced in New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Member nations of the European Union are too reliant on diplomatic assurances terror suspects won't be tortured after deportation, a New York rights group says.