How many people violated Georgia’s Law on Occupied Territories?
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The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) repots based on Georgia’s Interior Ministry that between 2009 and 2016 363 cases of violation of Georgia’s Law on Occupied Territories were registered.
Georgia adopted the law following the 2008 war with Russia, imposing various restrictions for those visiting the country’s occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) without permission from the government of Georgia.
IDFI says, according to the provided data, that the registered cases of violation of the law decreases from year to year.
There were 78 cases of violation in 2009 while last year the figure was decreased to 19,” IDFI reported.
When it comes to illegal economic activities in the occupied territories the organization says only four such cases were registered over the past eight years.
- The Russia-Georgia war lasted five days and following this armed conflict 228 Georgian civilians, 170 soldiers and 14 police officers had lost their lives.
- The war displaced 192,000 people in Georgia. Many were able to return to their homes after the war but as of May 2014, more than 20,200 people remain displaced.
- Only Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru recognize the two regions as independent republics.
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A group of Russian citizens were denied entry to Georgia for violating the country's Law on Occupied Territories, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia told reporters earlier today.