President Zurabishvili calls on int’l community ‘to strongly react’ to violations in occupied Tskhinvali
The Georgian President said the recent death of a man in Tskhinvali, as well as unlawful arrests and beatings are examples of 'intolerable violence exerted by the occupation regime'. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze/RFERL
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has called on the international community to ‘strongly react’ to the ‘grave situation’ in the Russia-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
President Zurabishvili referred to the recent death of a 28-year-old Inal Dzhabiev on August 28, which caused wide public outcry in the occupied region.
The death of Inal Jabiev, the unlawful arrests and beatings that have followed in Tskhinvali are yet another continuation of the intolerable violence exerted by the occupation regime. I call on the international community to strongly react to this grave situation.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) September 1, 2020
Salome Zurabishvili asked the heads of the United Nations and the European Union as well as co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions to use all of their levers to avoid escalations in Tskhinvali as well as to ensure public safety on the ground.
Expressing its ‘deep concern’ over the recent death of Dzhabiev the Georgian State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality also called on its partners to ‘continue pressure’ on the de facto leadership to stop human rights violations on the ground.
Speaking of the ‘grave’ humanitarian situation in the occupied region, the Georgian State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality said that the death of Inal Dzhabiev on August 28, like other fatal accidents in recent years, lays on the de facto Tskhinvali leadership.
The so-called prosecutor general of Georgia’s Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region Uruzmag Dzhagaev has announced the conditions upon which he will resign following protests sparked by the death of 28-year-old local resident Inal Dzhabiev while in police custody.
Georgia President Salome Zurabishvili made an online address to the UN General Assembly meeting yesterday, dedicated to the UN’s 75th anniversary, where she said that ‘Georgia is not ready to simply stand by the damages caused by occupation to human lives and to human rights’. She stated that the “UN we need is one that will inspire our citizens, create trust and bring effective leadership”.