Man detained for ‘illegally crossing the border’ released
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A Georgian citizen has been released from illegal detention near the occupation line separating the Russian occupied region of Georgia - Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia.
Detained near the village of Kirbali by Russian-controlled guards, Mamuka Samkharadze was released from Tskhinvali jail after paying a fine.
Russian-backed breakaway Tskhinvali calls the occupation line between Tskhinvali region and the rest of Georgia "the state border” and treats any cases of line crossing by locals as cases of "illegal border crossing.”
In some areas, the line is not well differentiated, and occupant forces often advance the so-called border. Consequently, the illegal detention of Georgian citizens is a common issue along the occupation line.
Detainees are usually released once their family pays a fine.
Tbilisi says that no customs crossing point can be opened at the occupation line between breakaway Tskhinvali region and the rest of Georgia because this kind of facility can only operate at a state border.
Six citizens of Bangladesh have been detained in Georgia for attempting to cross the state border of the country illegally.
De-facto Abkhazian officials have closed two crossing-points along the occupation line separating Georgia’s breakaway, Russian-backed Abkhazia region from the rest of the country.
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.
A Georgian citizen has been detained near the occupation line separating the Russian occupied region of Georgia - Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia. The house and plot of land of detained Lali Khachirashvili, 55, is located close to the village of Khurvaleti along the occupation line.
A Georgian citizen has been released from illegal detention near the occupation line separating the Russian occupied region of Abkhazia from the rest of Georgia. Paata Rogava and his father Archil are from the conflict-affected village of Rike in Zugdidi municipality, close to the occupation line.
The report says that 126 Georgian citizens were illegally detained by Russia-controlled border guards last year at the Georgia-breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) occupation line and 52 others at the Georgia-occupied Abkhazia so-called boundary line.
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.
Russia-controlled border guards have detained two Georgian citizens today near the Bershueti village of Gori municipality at a church on territory which is administered by Tbilisi.