Georgian citizen illegally detained by occupying forces released

Georgian citizen, Guladi Khubua, who was illegally detained by occupying forces at the occupation line with the breakaway Abkhazia region for “illegally crossing the border” was released yesterday.

His family said earlier that the 55-year old man was abducted from the village of Shamgona, Zugdidi municipality, in western Georgia late on 28 February.

Usually, those individuals who are detained for the “illegally crossing the border between Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia” are taken to the Gali prison and are released after paying a fine which amounts to about 32 USD.

According to the Georgian State Security Service, the occupying forces in two Russia-controlled Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have detained 327 Georgian citizens for “illegally crossing the border” between 2017 and 2019.