Georgians doing forced labor in South Ossetia's capital city
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Against their will, Georgian men in their 40s and 50s hauled debris Saturday from the streets of separatist South Ossetia's bombed-out capital.
In a sign that Georgians are being abused in the Russian-controlled province, a Russian officer and armed Ossetians escorted forced laborers through the city, the nucleus of fighting that has pit two former Soviet neighbors against each other and worried the world.
"They are cleaning up after themselves," said Mikhail Mindzayev, South Ossetia's interior minister.