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Georgian citizen detained by occupants near breakaway Tskinvali

This week three Georgian citizens have been kidnapped by Russian occupant forces near the ABL separating Georgia from its eastern occupied Tskhinvali region. Photo by N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 22 Apr 2018 - 11:46, Tbilisi,Georgia

Akaki Misireli, citizen of village Kere of Gori Municipality was detained near the administrative boundary line in breakaway Tskinvali (South Ossetia) by so called border guards today. The Kidnapped citizen is currently in Tskhinvali’s police department.

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” even though the line is not well differentiated in some areas.

In most cases detainees are released after paying a fine which amounts to about $30.

Five Georgian citizen were illegally detained during last month in Gori municipality. Four of them besides Misireli have already been released.

UPDATED: Georgian citizen kidnapped by occupants released

21 Apr 2018

Georgian citizen Elizbar Mestumrishvili,77, detained by Russian-controlled border guards near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) yesterday has been released Georgia’s State Security Service has confirmed.

UPDATED: Georgian citizen detained by occupants released

18 Apr 2018

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.

Two Georgian citizens detained by occupants near breakaway Tskhinvali

22 Mar 2018

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.

Gov’t of Georgia demands investigation of man’s death in occupied Tskhinvali

24 Jan 2018

The 84th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) has been held in Ergneti, in the village within Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.

US Department of State report evaluates human rights protection in Georgia

21 Apr 2018

According to the report, one of the most significant human rights issues were arbitrary detentions and deprivation of life by Russian and de facto authorities of the country’s citizens along the administrative boundary lines with the Russian-occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Foreign Minister to discuss human rights violations in occupied territories during his visit to US

23 Apr 2018

Foreign Minister Janelidze plans to use high level meetings in the US to discuss human rights violations in the Russia-controlled breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgian citizen detained in Gali

20 May 2018

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.

Occupied Abkhazia representatives leave Gali meeting as Tbilisi refuses to remove murder case from agenda

27 Jun 2018

The representatives of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region have left the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting today in protest as delegates from the government of Georgia refused to remove the Giga Otkhozoria’s murder case from the agenda.