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Human Rights Watch: COVID-19 Hampers Workplace Safety in Georgia Mines
December 04, 2021
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (TNSRes) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:

Two people died in a mining accident in the country of Georgia's western coal mining town of Tkibuli last week. The accident in itself was tragic, but even more heartbreaking when you consider the context.

The dangers of working in Georgia's mines have been well documented, including by Human Rights Watch in a 2019 report (https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/08/22/no-year-without-de . . .

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