Two Georgian men illegally detained by occupying forces released
Occupying forces have detained 327 Georgian citizens for “illegally crossing the border” between 2017 and 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Two Georgian citizens, who were detained near occupied Tskhinvali region for “illegally crossing the border”, have been released today.
Gabriel Melanashvili and Tamaz Mchedlidze, locals of the village of Nikozi, in the Gori municipality of Georgia's Shida Kartli region, were detained late yesterday.
Locals said earlier that the de facto Tskhinvali leadership was demanding $295 for the release of the individuals.
However, de facto security service reported today that both detainees were released without paying a fine due to one of the man’s health conditions.
Occupying forces have detained 327 Georgian citizens for “illegally crossing the border” between 2017 and 2019 in the two Russia-controlled Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgian citizen Gela Rostobaia was detained by occupying forces for “illegally crossing” the so-called border in the village of Shamgona, near Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia. Rostobaia, 39, was detained while fishing in the Enguri River yesterday, his father said.
The body of 29-year-old Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Abkhazia, has been handed over to his relatives on Tbilisi-controlled territory. News of Kvaratskhelia’s death was reported yesterday, however sources fix his death at an earlier date.
Occupying forces have illegally detained two Georgian citizens living in the village of Nikozi, near the occupation live with Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Georgian media report that Gabriel Melanashvili and Tamaz Mchedlidze, who were illegally detained late yesterday for crossing the so-called border, have been transported to Tskhinvali prison.
Occupying forces have detained Georgian citizen Gocha Pidiuri near the occupation line with the occupied Tskhinvali region for “illegally crossing the border” yesterday. The man was abducted from the village of Mejvriskhevi in Gori municipality.
Two Georgian citizens were detained near occupied Tskhinvali region for “illegally crossing the border”. Dimitri Isergishvili and Vasil Patarkatsishvili, locals of the village of Kvemo Chala, in Kaspi Municipality, were picking asparagus at the edge of the village of Karapila when they were detained.