Archil Tatunashvili, Georgian brutally killed by occupying forces, would have turned 36 today
Archil Tatunashvili served in the Georgian army between 2007 and 2011. Photo: Defence Ministry press office.
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Archil Tatunashvili, a former Georgian soldier who was brutally murdered by occupying forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) last year, would have turned 36 today.
His body was transported to the Tbilisi administered territory only after about a month with his internal organs removed and more than 100 injuries on his body.
The perpetrators still walk free.
Deputy Defence Minister of Georgia Zaal Kapanadze and Deputy Head of the Georgian Armed Forces Nikoloz Janjghava [R] visited Tatunashvili’s grave and one again offered their condolences to the Tatunashvili family. Photo: Defence Ministry press office.
Top Georgian state officials visited Tatunashvili’s grave at the Mukhatgverdi Brothers’ Cemetery in Tbilisi earlier today to pay honour to his memory.
Those people who committed the crime are still unpunished. We are using all the levers available to hold them accountable. He was a hero,” Georgian Reconciliation Minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili said.
Minister Tsikhelashvili stated that the Georgian government will do its best to hold the offenders accountable. Photo: 1TV.
Archil Tatunashvili’s father told the media that the Georgian government has taken all steps it could to punish offenders.
I might not be alive on that day, but I strongly believe that justice will be enforced,” he said.
Sergeant Minor Tatunashvili, who served in the Georgian army between 2007 and 2011, Ioseb Pavliashvili and Levan Kutashvili were illegally detained by occupying forces on February 22, 2018.
The next day, Tskhinvali media reported that Tatunashvili “died because of heart-related problems.”
The two others were released after several days.
David Gurtsiev and Alik Tabuev, employees of the so-called law enforcement agencies of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali region, were indicted by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in June 2018 and after several days the Georgian court said that they must be remanded into pre-trial detention.
However, Gurtsiev and Tabuev are in Tskhinvali, in territory currently occupied and controlled by Russia and they have not been detained so far.
Tatunashvili’s case is a high-profile one, with the Georgian government raising it during all local and international occasions featuring Georgian conflict issues.
One year has passed since the brutal murder of Georgian citizen and former soldier Archil Tatunashvili by occupying forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), whose body was transported to Tbilisi administered territory only after about a month with his internal organs removed and more than 100 injuries on his body.
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.
The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation has responded to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s recent appeal to act jointly to resolve the complicated situation concerning Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili’s death in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The Mtskheta District Court in the east Georgia sent two individuals from the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region to pre-trial detention in absentia for illegal deprivation of liberty of a Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili and support in torturing of him.
The body of the 35-year-old Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali region on February 22, 2018 was delivered to the Tbilisi-administered territory 26 days later, with his internal organs removed.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili paid tribute to Archil Tatunashvili, the country’s national hero and a former soldier, who was brutally murdered by the Russian occupation forces in February 2018.
Tatunashvili would have turned 39 today.
Servicemembers from the Georgian Defence Forces on Wednesday honoured the memory of Archil Tatunashvili, a retired Junior Sergeant killed by the occupying forces in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) in 2018.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday commemorated Archil Tatunashvili, a retired servicemember who was tortured and killed by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on this day in 2018.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday commemorated an anniversary of the killing of Archil Tatunashvili, a servicemember who was murdered by Russian occupation forces in central Georgia’s occupied territory in 2018, by saying his name had “become a symbol of dignity and perseverance” for the Georgian public and future generations.