International community concerned by death of Georgian man in occupied Tskhinvali
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The international community continues to condemn the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali region.
The Director for Eastern Europe of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Andreas Peschke has tweeted that his country shares the EU’s concerns over the death.
#Georgia#SouthOssetia We share #EU@EEAS spokesperson's grave concerns about latest developments in South Ossetia and the tragic death of a Georgian citizen, and we join her call for additional measures to ensure transparency. @MFAgovgehttps://t.co/q5byQhrqG6https://t.co/tlOWVx9Qx2
— Andreas Peschke (@GERonOstpolitik) February 26, 2018
Today the Latvian Foreign Ministry also raised concerns over human rights violations in Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
.@Latvian_MFA raises concerns about #humanrights violations in the regions of #Abkhazia and #SouthOssetia in #Georgia and expresses condolences over the death of a Georgian citizen in South Ossetia, #Georgia#Tatunashvili@tjanjalia@MFAgovge
— Latvian MFA (@Latvian_MFA) February 27, 2018
The Estonian Foreign Ministry wrote that they were "deeply concerned by the latest developments in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.”
Deeply concerned by the latest developments in the breakaway region South Ossetia. Our sincere condolences to Mr Tatunashvili's family. EU is ready to support ongoing investigations and we continue to stand for peace building & conflict resolution in Georgia. https://t.co/j3NrugbwVK
— Estonian MFA (@MFAestonia) February 27, 2018
Sanchez Amor, Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, hoped the case would be "fully investigated”.
OSCE PA’s Sanchez Amor statement on death of Archil #Tatunashvili: https://t.co/BLg7V9gFFC@NachoSAmorpic.twitter.com/eUudt0ksZo
— OSCE PA (@oscepa) February 26, 2018
Tatunashvili and two other Georgian citizens were detained by occupation forces on February 22 in Akhalgori area, on territory currently controlled by Russians.
Tskhinvali media announced the death of Tatunashvili on February 23, and stated that the latter had an incident with detention facility staff and fell down a flight of stairs.
However, the de facto security service of Tskhinvali claims the man died due to heart failure.
The Tskhinvali leadership refuses to hand over the body as they are waiting for Russian experts to carry out forensic expertise.
Two others detained with Tatunashvili have been released but they cannot leave the occupied territory due to the fact that their identification documents have been confiscated.
The British Embassy to Georgia wrote that they expect the de facto authorities to ensure that there is a full, open and transparent investigation into the death, and to allow the two Georgian citizens detained with Tatunashvili to travel to Tbilisi-Administered Territory without delay.
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).
The Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze has addressed the recent death of Georgian citizen Artchil Tatunashvili in the Tskhinvali region, as well as the previous murder of Giga Otkhozoria in the occupied regions from the UN high tribune.
The latest developments in Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), in particular the tragic death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili and the detention of two others, are a source of grave concern, the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Service said in its recent statement.
The European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar is concerned about the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the country’s Russian occupied Tskhinvali region. Klaar believes the upcoming Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting scheduled on March 1 is the right format to establish facts about the case.
The Council of Europe (CoE) Congress President Gudrun Mosler-Törnström shared her concern over the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the Russian occupied region of Georgia – Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The United States (US) is deeply concerned by the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili during his February 22 arrest and detention in the Russian-occupied Georgian territory of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). US is also deeply concerned by the arrest of other Georgian citizens Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili.
James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia has expressed his deep concern with the latest developments in the Russian occupied region of Georgia – Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze has paid particular attention to the most recent death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region during his meeting with Michael Moller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that the government of Georgia is doing its utmost to achieve the handing over of Tatunashvili’s body.