Appendix

Letters are available at www.hrw.org

Human Rights Watch letter of October 10, 2008 to President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili

Human Rights Watch letter of October 13, 2008 to Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoygu

Human Rights Watch letter of October 13, 2008 to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation  Yuri Chaika

Human Rights Watch letter of October 13, 2008 to Russian Federation Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov

Human Rights Watch letter of October 13, 2008 to President of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev

 Human Rights Watch letter of November 12, 2008 to Minister of Defense of Georgia David Kezerashvili

Human Rights Watch letter of November 12, 2008 to Minister of Justice of Georgia Zurab Adeishvili

Human Rights Watch letter of November 12, 2008 to Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Ivane Merabishvili

Response from the Georgian government of December 2, 2008

Response from A.S. Kypriyanov, Director of Legal Aid, Headquarters of International Legal Cooperation, Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, December 12, 2008