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Alarmed by its findings that civilians have been summarily executed by Russian forces in Chechnya, Human Rights Watch called on the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to begin an urgent investigation of human rights violations in the war zone. Condemning what it called "atrocities" committed against civilians in the separatist republic, the New York-based rights group said an immediate U.N.

Alarmed by its findings that civilians have been summarily executed by Russian forces in Chechnya, Human Rights Watch called on the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to begin an urgent investigation of human rights violations in the war zone. Condemning what it called "atrocities" committed against civilians in the separatist republic, the New York-based rights group said an immediate U.N.