Georgia marks birthday of national hero Tatunashvili who was tortured, killed by occupiers
Archil Tatunashvili was killed in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region in February 2018. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Georgia.
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Today Georgia marks the birthday of national hero Archil Tatunashvili, a former soldier, who was tortured and killed by the Russian-controlled occupation forces back in 2018 in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali region.
Tatunashvili would have turned 38 today.
The body of 35-year-old Tatunashvili was handed over to Tbilisi 26 days after his death with more than 100 injuries.
De facto Tskhinvali refused to provide internal organs of Tatunashvili to help the Georgian government clarify the exact cause of his death.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated earlier today that Tatunashvili, for his devotion to resisting the occupation, is a ‘brilliant example’ for the new generation.
He said that the individuals who murdered Tatunashvili ‘will be held accountable and our government is doing its best for this.’
In September 2018, Interpol issued a red notice for the two individuals, David Gurtsiev and Alik Tabuev, who were charged with the murder of Tatunashvili by the central Georgian government.
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However, they have not been detained so far
The body of the 35-year-old Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali region on February 22, 2018 was delivered to the Tbilisi-administered territory 26 days later, with his internal organs removed.
One year has passed since the brutal murder of Georgian citizen and former soldier Archil Tatunashvili by occupying forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), whose body was transported to Tbilisi administered territory only after about a month with his internal organs removed and more than 100 injuries on his body.
A lawyer from NGO Human Rights Centre has told the media that Archil Tatunashvili, a Georgian citizen killed by Russian-controlled border guards in February, was returned to his family with his bodily organs missing.
Georgian soldier Archil Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region a month ago, has been laid to rest with the military honours today. President Giorgi Margvelashvili posthumously awarded Tatunashvili the Order of Honour.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili paid tribute to Archil Tatunashvili, the country’s national hero and a former soldier, who was brutally murdered by the Russian occupation forces in February 2018.
Tatunashvili would have turned 39 today.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday commemorated Archil Tatunashvili, a retired servicemember who was tortured and killed by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on this day in 2018.