Georgian citizen captured near Tskhinvali occupation line
Tweet 
Share
A Georgian man has been detained in occupied Tskhinvali territory while attending his mother-in-law’s funeral at the village cemetery located near the de facto occupation line.
It is understood 42-year-old Gia Solashvili from Karkusaani village was at the cemetery when he was approached by armed Russian occupational forces and was detained for allegedly crossing the administrative border.
The current whereabouts of the man is not known.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry informed the European Union’s Monitoring Mission to Georgia about the detention.
Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili commented the fact and said this was a "violation of fundamental human rights” and Russia had ignored "all norms of international law”.
Georgian authorities noted this was the sixth case of a Georgian citizen being captured in the conflict zone during the past two weeks.
An elderly Georgian man has been detained and taken hostage in occupied Tskhinvali territory after allegedly crossing the administrative border while watching his grazing cattle.
A middle-aged resident has been snatched by Russian guards for allegedly attempting to cross the so-called border between Georgia and breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Russian-led troops have abducted three local women who live in a village near the occupation line of the so-called South Ossetia.
Russian Occupational forces have released a Georgian teenager, after he was taken as a hostage for allegedly crossing the so-called occupation line.
Two Georgian citizens have been taken hostage from Gori villages today- Vasil Khidasheli,19, from the village Tsitelubani and Aleksandre Shiukashvili,32, from the village Kirbali. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs ( MIA) international organisations have already been informed regarding the facts.
An elderly man from the Kaspi district is the latest Georgian citizen to be detained by Russian soldiers at the so-called occupation line near Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Conflict resolution experts have discussed humanitarian issues at Georgia’s border-crossing villages along the breakaway Tskhinvali region, which is backed by Russia.
Conflict resolution experts descended in the Georgian village of Ergneti to discuss issues that are plaguing the troubled region.
Three Georgian women detained by Russian forces for allegedly illegally crossing the so-called border near South Ossetia have been released after paying a fine.
Two more Georgian citizens have been detained by Russian soldiers today – the same day conflict resolution experts discussed possible ways to stop these kinds of detentions near the occupation line.
Ten Georgian citizens who were illegally detained by Russian soldiers near the occupation line have been released.
All cases of human rights violation in Georgia’s occupied regions have been collated into one document for the global community to review.
A Georgian man has been illegally detained by Russian border guards, after he allegedly crossed the administrative boundary line (ABL) while he was grazing cattle in Gori village.
A Georgian man has been taken captive by Russian border guards near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Georgian Government has created a new inter-agency working group that will focus on the current developments in Georgia’s conflict zones.
Russia has advanced its creeping occupation into Georgian territory, resulting in a portion of the BP-operated Baku–Supsa Pipeline now under Russian control in the breakaway Tskinvali region (South Ossetia).
Tbilisi is calling on the global community to "properly respond” to Russia’s "illegal actions” of creeping occupation at the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia.
The global community is concerned by Russia’s creeping occupation into Georgian soil and is urging the giant nation to respect Georgia’s territorial integrity.
Sometime in the past 24 hours two Georgian men were detained by Russian border guards from Bershueti village in Gori region in central Georgia.
Russian occupant forces are continuing to violate international laws by arresting Georgian citizens from Georgian soil near the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) near occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).