Two Georgian citizens detained by occupants near breakaway Tskhinvali
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Two Georgian citizens Ioseb Gundiashvili, 40, and David Gerkeuli, 30, were detained late yesterday by Russia-controlled border guards near Adzvi village in Gori municipality, the State Security Service of Georgia has confirmed today.
Some locals say that the individuals were detained on territory controlled by Georgia when they arrived at the local church near the occupation line, while others claim they were kidnaped from the Russia-controlled area of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Gundiashvili and Gerkeuli have already been transported to the Tskhinvali detention facility and the European Union Monitoring Mission has been informed of the event, the State Security Service reported.
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.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by de-facto ‘border’ guards near Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has been released. So-called ‘border guards’ detained Zurab Zhgenti on December 28 for allegedly crossing the ‘border’.
Relatives living on opposite sides of the occupation line between Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia will have no chance of celebrating the upcoming New Year together.
Relatives living on opposite sides of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia will have no chance of visiting each other for the next two days.
Two Georgian citizens who were illegally detained near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) late on Wednesday have been released.
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.
Georgian citizen Tamaz Iluridze has been detained by Russia-controlled border guards near the Plavismani village in Gori municipality.
According to Georgia’s State Security Service, Iluridze is accused of illegally crossing the so-called border. The EU monitoring mission has already been informed about the incident.
Akaki Misireli kidnapped by so called border guards near the administrative boundary line in Gori municipality is currently in Tskhinvali’s police department.
Five Georgian hikers and one shepherd have been detained for ‘violating the state border’ with Georgia’s occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), officials from Tskhinvali confirmed today. The families of the hikers say they lost connection with their relatives on Sunday.
Parents, friends, the Georgian police and security officers were waiting for the five Georgian hikers at the Ergneti check point, where the young travelers were handed over to representatives of the local police around 17:00 Tbilisi local time.
Russian occupants have arrested Otar Samniashvili near Khurvaleti village for ‘illegally crossing the border’.
New illegal barbed wire fences have been noticed by the locals in the village of Khurvaleti, alongside the occupation line of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) today.