9 people kidnapped in 37 days near occupation line
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An Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting is now underway in Ergneti village several kilometers away from the Russian occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), where security conditions along the occupation line are traditionally on the top of agenda.
Georgian Information-Analytical Department under the State Security Service reported that 9 people have been kidnapped since the last IPRM meeting in April. The six people have been released while one is about to be released in coming days.
The illegal detention of Georgian citizen Giorgi Giunashvili back in 2016 is also among the top issues of today’s discussion.
This year, an unrecognised court in Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region sentenced Giunashvili to 20 years imprisonment.
IPRM participant Kakha Kemoklidze, who is the Deputy Head of the Information-Analytical Department, demanded Giunashvili’s immediate release from detention.
The IPRM was created in February 2009 following the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict to address security concerns and ensure the protection of human rights in the occupied regions.
An Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held today in Ergneti village several kilometers away from the Russian occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), where security conditions along the occupation line were on the top of agenda.
Yet another Georgian citizen has been illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards near the occupation line separating breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia.
An Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held today in Gali in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, where security conditions along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) were on the top of the agenda.
Issues discussed at monthly Ergneti meeting
Since the last meeting on July 9, 2016, 12 Georgian citizens have been illegally detained near the ABL dividing breakaway Tskinvali region (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia.
Four Georgian citizen have been captured by Russian troops near Georgia’s occupied breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), officials say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a commander who was deployed in Georgia’s Tskhinvali region during the 2008 conflict as Russia’s new "ambassador” to the breakaway region.