4 years since brutal murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria by occupying forces
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili awarded the family of Giga Otkhozoria with the Medal for Civil Commitment in January 2019.
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Four years have passed since the brutal murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria by Russian-controlled border guards in the village of Khurcha, near Georgia’s western Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia.
Otkhozoria was trying to transport food into the breakaway Abkhazia region for a funeral ceremony for his late aunt on May 19, 2016, when so-called border guards demanded he pay in exchange for being allowed to transport the goods, which caused a dispute.
The State Representative of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and the Mayor of Zugdidi arrived at the cemetery of Otkhozoria earlier today. They promised the family members of Otkhozoria that united Georgia together with Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers will become a member of a single European family.
Otkhozoria was on Georgian-controlled territory when he was shot six times by so-called border-guard, Rashid Kanjiogli.
Although the offender is known to the public and was sentenced by Zugdidi City Court to 14-years imprisonment, the leadership of Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region refuses to punish him.
The brutal murder of Giga Otkhozoria and the fact that his killer has not been punished until now is the real face of the occupation, the cruelty and injustice… We are not going to give up and put up with the fact that the killer may remain unpunished. This is and will be one of the most important issues in all formats of negotiation... We will spare no effort to end the occupation and resolve the conflict peacefully”, said State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia Ketevan Tsikhelashvili earlier today.
Otkhozoria left behind a wife and two children.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili awarded the family of Giga Otkhozoria with the Medal for Civil Commitment in January 2019.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has awarded the family of Giga Otkhozoria with the Medal for Civil Commitment today in Zugdidi, where she attended a Presidential Christmas Tree event with the children of the late Otkhozoria.
Three years have passed since the murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkgozria by occupying forces in the village of Khurcha, near Georgia’s western, Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
Georgia’s Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and partner organization European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) have filed a lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), over a high profile murder case committed by a Russian-controlled border guard in 2016.
A Georgian citizen has been shot six times and killed by Russia's border guards patrolling the area between Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia region.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have erected new barriers and replaced old barbed-wire fences near the village of Khurcha, close to the occupied Abkhazia region of western Georgia, the Georgian State Security Service has reported earlier today.
Georgian authorities on Thursday marked six years since the brutal murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria by occupation forces across the administrative boundary over the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in the country’s west.