Ombudsman: Impunity encourages violence in Georgia’s occupied regions
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The Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria stated at the 6th EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee in Brussels yesterday that impunity in Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions encourage violence.
It is necessary for the international community, together with Georgia, to take concrete steps, to use various instruments and mechanisms not to allow impunity regarding the cases of Archil Tatunashvili, Giga Otkhozoria and many others,” Lomjaria said.
Lomjaria spoke about the threats that impunity could cause to the citizens of Georgia by Russia and the de facto leaderships of the regions.
The EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee provides scrutiny of the implementation of the Georgia-EU Association Agreement.
The body of the 35-year-old Georgian soldier, Archil Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on February 23, has been handed over to representatives of the government of Georgia several minutes ago, 26 days after his death.
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