Occupants arrest Georgian citizen near Tskhinvali
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23-years old Giorgi Kepashvili has been detained by so-called border guards in the village of Plavi near Tskhinvali, South Ossetia region occupied by Russia.
The detained individual lives near the Administrative Boundary Line and as locals said, he was herding cattle near his land while he was detained for illegally crossing the so called border.
The EU monitoring mission has been informed about the incident and the hot line is enacted, the State Security Service said today.
The EUMM enacts the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism telephone hotline in such cases to gather information from its patrols along the Administrative Boundary Lines of occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Russian occupation forces detained 126 Georgian citizens for "illegally crossing” the so-called border in occupied Tskhivali (South Ossetia) last year, while there were 52 detentions in the Abkhazia region.
The Akhalgori municipality governor which is under Russia’s control since the Russia-Georgia 2008 war says that the de facto leadership of breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has announced certain restrictions for ethnic Georgian farmers.
The detainee is from Kutaisi and occupants have arrested him for so-called illegally crossing the so called border at the river Enguri. The information was released by the de-facto interior ministry of Abkhazia and later confirmed by the State Security Service of Georgia.
Russian-controlled border guards have detained 50-year-old Georgian citizen Sergo Darbaidze near the occupation line with Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Russia-controlled so-called border guards have detained Georgian citizen David Chalauri near the occupation line with Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region today.
Priest and shepherd detained in Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia)
Ioane Okhanashvili is the pastor of Saint Georgia’s Church in the village Dirbi, located a few kilometres away from the South Ossetian ABL.
The news about the other detention came from the village of Tsitelubani. The shepherd Teimuraz Dudashvili was taken by force to Tskhinvali by Russian border guards, according to his neighbours.
The de facto leadership of Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has released a Georgian citizen Temur Dudashvili, who was illegally detained by the Russia-controlled so-called border guards yesterday.
The Russia-controlled Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) leadership has released a 16-year-old Georgian teenager detained for so-called illegally crossing the border on June 30, near the occupation line with the village of Tchvrinisi, the Georgian State Security Service confirmed.
The Russia-controlled border guards have abducted a 28-year-old Georgian citizen Paata Arakelov in the village of Akhrisi, Gori municipality, near the occupation line with the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Radio Liberty says.
The Russia-controlled border guards have released a Georgian citizen Paata Arakelov, who was abducted for crossing of so-called border with the Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on July 6.