May 26, Amnesty International issued a 2010 report on the state of human rights in 159 countries.

Violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by Georgian and South Ossetian forces during the conflict in 2008 were not investigated further by the relevant authorities, reads the report on Georgia. After the 2008 events, civilians suffered from the overarching insecurity, incidents of harassment and detention. Nearly 26,000 people, mostly ethnic Georgians, were unable to return to their homes, the report says.

According to Amnesty International, security situation in and around the post-conflict zones remained tense. The report mentions that in June OSCE mission to Georgia and the UN Observer Mission in Georgia ended, thus EU Monitoring Mission remained the only international monitoring group in the region.

As to freedom of expression, opposition activists and journalists suffered from harassment and alleged use of excessive force by the police.