Georgian and de-facto Abkhazian officials discuss security issues in Gali
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An Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held today in Gali in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, where security conditions along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) were on the top of the agenda.
The IPRM was created in February 2009 following the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict to address security concerns and ensure the protection of human rights in the occupied regions.
The State Security Service of Georgia reported that the case of Giga Otkhozoria – a Georgian citizen killed in the village of Khurcha in Zugdidi region last May – was once again put on the agenda. Georgian government representatives continue to call for the arrest of the individual accused of the murder, Rashid Kanjioghli, who was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in absentia.
The release of Georgian citizen Giorgi Lukava was also demanded: also a Georgian citizen, he has been illegally detained in an Abkhazian prison since May 2011 and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
Deputy Head of the Information-Analytical Department under the State Security Service Kakha Kemoklidze believes that any kind of prohibition restricting the fundamental rights of the local population "will not only complicate their everyday lives, but also pose a threat to security on the ground”.
More than 20 years after the end of the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict. Many important pieces of Sukhumi's past have been erased by the war, whose traces are still very visible on the city's empty streets and semi-destroyed buildings. Photo by Laura Luciani
Lukava’s wife Lali Basaria has said her husband has been pardoned by de-facto authorities some time ago, but Tbilisi has refused to exchange him with another detainee.
However, Kemoklidze said he has no information on Lukava’s pardon. On the contrary, the de-facto authorities keep on claiming that Lukava remains in detention.
Kemoklidze said the Government of Georgia is doing everything to secure the release of Lukava and other illegally-detained Georgians from the Drandi penitential facility.
The next meeting of the IPRM will be held in Gali on April 25.
The individual accused of murdering Giga Otkhozoria last year near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia has been given two additional years of detention, which now makes for 14-years of imprisonment in total.
An Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held yesterday in Gali in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia, where the security conditions along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) were on the top of the agenda.
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