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Red Cross visits Georgian man detained in occupied Tskhinvali

Zaza Gakheladze, 33, a resident of the central Georgian village of Kvemo Tchala in Kaspi municipality, was shot and detained on July 11. Photo courtesy

Agenda.ge, 08 Sep 2020 - 21:38, Tbilisi,Georgia

A Georgian man detained by occupation forces near the Russia-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) in July has sent a letter to his family via the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier today.

Representatives of the Red Cross in occupied Tskhinvali had been trying to meet with Georgian detainees for over two months but de facto authorities did not allow them to meet.

However, after their recent meeting with de facto Tskhinvali leader Anatoly Bibilov, the Red Cross representatives managed to meet Khvicha Mghebrishvili on September 3 and Zaza Gakheladze on September 8.

Both Gakheladze and Mghebrishvili were illegally detained by occupation forces in early July causing wide public outcry in Georgia and abroad.

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