Indian students rally in Georgia demanding release of abducted Georgian doctor
Indian students have urged international organizations to do their utmost for the release of illegally detained Georgian doctor. Photo: 1TV.
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Indian students in Georgia have rallied to demand the immediate release of well-known Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by Russian-controlled occupation forces on November 9.
We believe it is our responsibility to express solidarity with doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili and stand against injustice and aggression. We urge all international organizations protecting human rights to take all measures for the immediate release of the illegally detained doctor,” the students said late yesterday, many of whom study at the State Medical University of Georgia.
On November 22 Amnesty International demanded the release of the doctor who was sentenced to two-month illegal, pretrial detention in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region on November 15 “for deliberately crossing the border.”
Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili has been in illegal detention for 17 days. Photo: Firefly World.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that government agencies are working in a 24-hour regime to achieve the release of doctor Gaprindashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has raised the issue with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, acting chair of OSCE Miroslav Lajcak, Deputy Secretary General of UN Rosemary DiCarlo and Deputy Secretary General of NATO Mircea Geoana, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported yesterday.
A number of officials and organisations, including President Salome Zurabishvili, the United States Embassy to Georgia, the US mission to OSCE have expressed their support to Gaprindashvili.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on November 16 that they are doing their best to ensure the safe return of the doctor.
Amnesty International says that famous Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by Russian-controlled occupation forces on November 9, must be “immediately released” and the de facto government of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region must reopen crossing points with the rest of Georgia.
The de facto security committee of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region says that famous Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by occupation forces on November 9, “deliberately crossed the border and the step was well-planned.”The de facto agency reports that during the interrogation Gaprindashvili said that he “deliberately crossed the border as he was going to the church in the village of Monastery.”
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that government agencies are working in a 24-hour regime to achieve the release of illegally detained famous Georgia doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili by occupation forces. Gaprindashvili was abducted by occupation forces, near the Russian-controlled Tskhinvali region, on November 9 and has been sentenced to two-month pretrial detention for “deliberately crossing the border.
The so-called security committee of Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region says that illegally detained famous Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili “actively participated” in the Russia-Georgia 2008 war as the “captain of the military medical service of the Georgian Armed Forces.”
The family of famous Georgian traumatologist and orthopedist Vazha Gaprindashvili, who has been in illegal detention in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region for 17 days, has submitted a letter to the UN Secretary General via the Georgian Foreign Ministry earlier today.
Georgians living in Italy gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Rome yesterday, demanding the immediate release of well-known Georgian traumatologist Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by Russian-controlled occupation forces 21 days ago. The demonstrators held posters in different languages with pictures of the doctor, singing the national anthem of Georgia.
150 Indian students from the Faculty of Science and Education at Batumi State University in the Georgian Adjara region will have their student status suspended due to coronavirus restrictions on travel from India.