Occupying forces abduct 80-year-old man
The illegally detained man has not contacted his family so far. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Occupying forces have abducted 80-year-old Amiran Meladze from the Kvesheti village of the Gori municipality, near Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Georgian State Security Service says that the man was illegally detained on May 5, while he was picking greens in his garden.
The European Union Monitoring Mission has been informed of the illegal detention.
In most cases, illegally detained Georgian citizens are released after paying a fine, which amounts to 32 USD.
Occupying forces have detained 327 Georgian citizens for “illegally crossing the border” between 2017 and 2019 in the two Russia-controlled Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgian citizen Gela Rostobaia was detained by occupying forces for “illegally crossing” the so-called border in the village of Shamgona, near Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia. Rostobaia, 39, was detained while fishing in the Enguri River yesterday, his father said.
Georgian citizen Givi Beruashvili, who was illegally detained by occupying forces for “illegally crossing” the so-called border on March 17 has been released, the Georgian State Security Service says. Beruashvili, 21, was visiting his grandparents there, who live 500 meters from the occupation line.
Occupying forces have detained a cleric, Father David Durglishvili, near the village of Nikozi, next to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region of Georgia. The illegal detention took place yesterday evening, when occupying forces claim the cleric “illegally crossed the [so-called] border”.
Occupying forces have released Georgian citizen Gocha Pidiuri from Tskhinvali who was arrested on April 20 for “illegally crossing the border”
Two Georgian citizens were detained near occupied Tskhinvali region for “illegally crossing the border”. Dimitri Isergishvili and Vasil Patarkatsishvili, locals of the village of Kvemo Chala, in Kaspi Municipality, were picking asparagus at the edge of the village of Karapila when they were detained.