Georgian woman abducted by occupants released
A de facto Tskhinvali court sentenced Maia Otinashvili her to one year parole and handed her over to representatives of central Georgian government. Photo: 1TV.
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Georgian citizen Maia Otinashvili, who was abducted by Russia-controlled border guards on 29 September, has been released today.
De facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) leadership claimed that Otinashvili, a mother of three minors, was detained for “illegally crossing the border” and aiding others to do the same.
She was sentenced to 10 days pre-trial detention last week.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze called the abduction “a very grave case” and tasked Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani to meet the representatives of the diplomatic corps and foreign organisations accredited in Georgia.
He claimed that all measures have been taken to achieve the release of the woman who was kidnapped from her own garden.
Georgian Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili accompanied Otinashvili to her home in the village of Khurvaleti, near the occupation line with breakaway Tskhinvali.
Also today, the de facto Tskhinvali leadership released Akaki Dotiashvili, who was illegally detained by Russia-controlled forces for “illegally crossing the border” on 6 October.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were allowed late yesterday to see Maia Otinashvili in a prison in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) - the woman who was abducted by Russia-controlled forces on 29 September.
Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has released a post on Facebook, which reads that her office has received information that Maia Otinashvili, who was abducted by Russia-controlled so-called border guards on 29 September, has been beaten.
37-year-old Georgian citizen Maia Otinashvili who was detained by Russia-controlled forces in the Tbilisi-administered Khurvaleti village near the occupation line on 29 September has been sentenced to two-month pre-trial detention in the occupied Tskhinvali region. The de facto leadership of Georgia’s eastern breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region claims that Otinashvili was aiding people “illegally cross the border” between Georgia and Tskhinvali and that she accepted payment for the service.
Georgian citizen Maia Otinashvili, 37, has been illegally detained by Russian-backed so called border guards in the village of Khurvaleti, Gori municipality, near the occupation line of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
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