PACE Co-rapporteurs concerned with death of Georgian citizen in occupied Tskhinvali
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The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Kerstin Lundgren and Titus Corlatean, have expressed their deep concern and condemned the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili while being detained by the de facto authorities in Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
We call upon the separatist authorities, as well as the authorities of the Russian Federation, as the de facto power in control, to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the death of Archil Tatunashvili, and to prosecute those responsible”, the two co- rapporteurs Lundgren and Corlatean said in their joint statement.
Reaffirming their strong support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and the inviolability of its international borders, they also called for the immediate release and transfer to Tbilisi-administered territory of the two other Georgian citizens that were detained together with Tatunashvili.
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Meeting with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Geneva yesterday Georgian Foreign Minister said joint international efforts are needed to end the Russian occupation of two Georgian regions - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
Fully support UNSG @antonioguterres priority "surge in diplomacy for peace". Joint int efforts needed to end Russian occupation of Abkhazia & Tskhinvali regions of #Georgia. Tatunashvili's case shows fragility of situation in regions without int security mechanisms pic.twitter.com/kRIGpdKUDq
— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) February 26, 2018
Tatunashvili and two others were detained by occupation forces on February 22 in Akhalgori area, on territory currently controlled by Russians.
De facto Tskhinvali leadership have refused to hand over Tatunashvili’s body until Russian experts will carry out a study. However, Tatunashvili’s family thinks the man was tortured and now the de facto leadership and Russians are trying to erase traces of physical abuse.
The de facto leadership also refused to return back identification and transport documents to two other Georgian citizens who were illegally detained together with Tatunashvili.
Although the two men have been released from the detention facility after Tatunashvili’s death, due to the absence of their travel documents they cannot leave the occupied region.
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