Time in Tbilisi: May 3, 2024 01:40
The Russian Federation is continuing its creeping occupation of Georgian soil and kidnapping locals living near the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Yesterday Russian border guards kidnaped two persons from Dvani village, located near the Russian controlled area. The pair were accused of allegedly crossing the so-called border.
One of those detained was 13-year-old Tato Mamagulashvili.
The minor was swiftly released through the involvement of Georgia’s Security Services and the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM).
It was one more illegal detention. We immediately acted together with the EUMM and managed the release of the kid,” said a spokesperson from Georgia’s Security Service.
The youth’s cousin Dimitri Mamagulashvili, who is older than 18 years of age, still remained captive in Tskhinvali.
According to locals the boys were fishing when the Russian occupying forces descended upon them and kidnapped them from Georgian-controlled territory.
Local residents in nearby villages suspected D. Mamagulashvili would be held in Tskhinvali prison and occupying forces would demand a ransom in exchange for his release, as was the case with earlier kidnapping incidences.
Since the Russian-Georgian war in 2008, Russia has continued to violate international law and human rights hundreds of times, including kidnapping Georgian citizens near the disputed territory.
A Georgian man has been taken hostage near the so-called administrative border with Georgia's breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia).
The Georgian citizen who went missing in the town of Akhalgori in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) six months ago has been found dead today.
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.
Locals said the two Georgian cattle herders were detained today by armed Russian occupying forces from Tsitelubani village, which is located on Georgian-controlled territory.
The men have been named as Kakha Begheluri and Givi Kisievi.
Today Russian soldiers together with de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) representatives detained three Georgian citizens who were grazing their cattle in Sakorintlo village, eastern Kaspi region, near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
IDFI alleged the Russian side used maps dating back to the Soviet Union era, that showed outdated administrative boundaries when erecting new barbed wire fences and boundaries on Georgian territory.
Russian border soldiers have kidnapped two Georgian farmers who were herding their cattle near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), one of the country’s occupied territories.
Russian occupant forces have kidnapped a 60-year-old man at the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) that separates Georgia with de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
A Georgian father and son have been kidnapped by occupant forces of the de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region for allegedly crossing the so-called border between Georgia and its breakaway territory.
Three Georgian citizens kidnapped by Russian border guards from the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) that separates Georgia from de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region this week remain unlawfully in custody in a detention centre on the breakaway territory.
Today Russian border guards kidnapped a man from Koshka village, located near the Russian controlled area.
Russian occupying forces are continuing to creep deeper into Georgian soil and kidnapping locals living near the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Over the weekend Russian border guards kidnapped two people from Tchvrinisi village in the eastern Kareli region, located near the Russian controlled area.
Russian occupant forces and the de-facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) representatives abducted a Georgian man form the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) for "illegal crossing of border.”
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).
Four Georgian citizens have been kidnapped by armed forces near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia.
Four Georgian citizens kidnapped by Russian-controlled border guards near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have been released after they paid a fine.
An elderly Georgian man has been kidnapped and detained by Russian-controlled border guards near the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating Georgia from its breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Two Georgian men have been detained by Russian-controlled border guards stationed at the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of Georgia.
Two Georgian men have been detained by Russian-controlled border guards stationed at the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of Georgia.
Russian-controlled border guards patrolling the so-called border between Georgia and its breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region have physically abused a Georgian man and attempted to illegally detain him.
Two people kidnapped near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have been released today. As one of the detainees Eldar Gundishvili said, he was detained while he was grazing his cattle in his own yard.
The so-called Road Inspection Service of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has announced that they detained a 22-year-old Georgian citizen from Tbilisi yesterday.