| has gloss | eng: Dozens of mass graves containing at least hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the Chechen wars in 1994. As of June 2008, there are reported to be 57 registered sites of mass graves in Chechnya. The largest mass grave to date was found in 2008 in the regional capital Grozny, containing some 800 bodies dating back from the First Chechen War in 1995. Russia's general policy to the Chechen mass graves is to not exhume them. indicating evidence that the victims were also severely tortured). On March 29, 2001, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), Mary Robinson, called for a thorough investigation of the mass grave sites in Chechnya. In a statement given to the 57th session of the UNHCR, Robinson stated the mass graves "must be followed up and thoroughly... |
