Civil activist illegally detained in Russian occupied region
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A female civil activist Tamar Mearakishvili has been illegally detained in Akhalgori near the Russian occupied region of Georgia – Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) earlier today.
Mearakishvili spoke to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s reporter via the phone conversation prior to detention. She said she was stopped by the investigator of de-facto South Ossetia Alan Baiazrov who, without any explanation or notice took the woman to the regional prosecutor’s office.
Georgia’s Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili addressed de-facto South Ossetian officials to immediately release Mearakishvili from illegal detention.
Mearakishvili has been active on social networks and is known for her criticism towards de-facto authorities.
According to Nanuashvili, the detainee has been under pressure during the last several years and was even kidnapped to Tskhinvali earlier this July.
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