Another Georgian released from unlawful imprisonment in occupied Abkhazia
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Another Georgian citizen who had been illegally detained in Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia has been released from jail.
Manuchar Tsushbaia was released today after he was detained for so-called "illegal border crossing” by occupation forces in September.
Tsushbaia was sentenced to four months in prison in the occupied region.
The Georgian side had raised the issue of his illegal detention multiple times at Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meetings, which are OSCE and EU co-facilitated format of dialogue between the occupied regions and the rest of Georgia.
Earlier this week, another Georgian citizen, Giorgi Lukava, was freed from jail in breakaway Abkhazia who was unlawfully sentenced to 20-year imprisonment. He was freed after serving almost seven years.
This came after one more Georgian, Giorgi Giunashvili, was released from a jail in another Russian-occupied region of Georgia – Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). He had also been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Tbilisi says these cases are the result of successful cooperation on humanitarian issues between the occupied regions and the rest of Georgia.
A Georgian citizen illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison by an unrecognised court in Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region has been released today. Giorgi Lukava was handed over to the Georgian authorities earlier today at the Enguri Bridge.
Ethnic discrimination against Georgian nationals living in the Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) was in focus of the latest international discussions in Geneva.
The Charge d’Affaires of the United States Missions to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Harry Kamian summed up the recent Geneva International Discussions today.
Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of Georgia’s State Security Service, Kakhaber Kemoklidze, says that Georgia has once again demanded the arrest of Russian-controlled border guard Rashid Kanjiogli who killed Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria last year.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by de-facto ‘border’ guards near Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has been released. So-called ‘border guards’ detained Zurab Zhgenti on December 28 for allegedly crossing the ‘border’.
514 people were detained last year, which is 11 percent less compared to 2016. In total, the detainees have paid 827,000 Russian Rubles (around $14,615) as a fine and only afterwards were they released.
Georgian citizen Tamaz Iluridze has been detained by Russia-controlled border guards near the Plavismani village in Gori municipality.
According to Georgia’s State Security Service, Iluridze is accused of illegally crossing the so-called border. The EU monitoring mission has already been informed about the incident.