5 years since brutal murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria by occupation forces
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Five years have passed since the brutal murder of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the village of Khurcha, near Georgia’s western Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
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.
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 de facto leadership of Abkhazia region refuses to punish him.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated earlier today that the Georgian government is doing its utmost to hold the offender accountable.
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.
The Georgian prosecutor general’s office on Wednesday said a group of offenders from the country’s Russian-occupied north-western Abkhazia region had been convicted by court in absentia for several crimes committed between 1999-2004, based on the evidence provided by the body.
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday deemed Georgia’s application against Russia on alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line between the Government-controlled territory and its Russian-occupied territories as admissible.