Georgian PM requests support from EU, US ambassadors in securing release of Georgian citizen in occupied Tskhinvali
The European Union and the US Embassy expressed their concern for the sentencing of the Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze to 12 years in prison yesterday. Photo: Giorgi Gakharia/Twitter.
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has met with the Head of the EU Delegation Carl Hartzell and US Ambassador Kelly Degnan requesting support to secure the release of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze who has been recently sentenced in occupied Tskhinvali.
At the meeting earlier today the Georgian and foreign dignitaries spoke of the importance of 'making use of diplomatic and legal mechanisms on an international level' to put an end 'to illegal detentions and blatant violations of fundamental rights along the occupation lines'.
Discussed the Russian occupation regime's provocative actions & the illegal detention of Zaza Gakheladze w/ US Ambassador Kelly Degnan & @CarlHartzellEU. Our strategic partners reiterated their commitment to raise the issue at the highest levels of int'l platforms. pic.twitter.com/2ghEXhtynu
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) February 6, 2021
Ambassador Degnan said the US is very concerned and condemns the recent action taken yesterday against an illegally detained Georgian citizen on charges that are 'completely fabricated'.
We hope that there will be serious consideration given to resolving this quickly and releasing this Georgian citizen as soon as possible", Degnan said.
Ambassador Hartzell noted as well that this is a case that the EU has been following for months now.
This verdict, the follow-up to the illegal detention, is clearly a bad signal, something we take very seriously. We are urging for the immediate release from illegal detention and we will be continuously following up on this issue", Hartzell stated.
The European Union and the US Embassy have expressed their concern for the sentencing of the Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze to 12 years in prison yesterday.
Gakheladze, who was shot and illegally detained by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the summer of 2020, was found guilty of ‘illegally crossing the border and attempted murder’.
The European Union calls for the immediate release of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze, who was sentenced to 12 years and six months in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region yesterday. The United States Embassy also expresses solidarity with Zaza Gakheladze and his family, and all families ‘who have had to endure Russia’s oppressive occupation’.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to ‘take genuine steps’ to secure the release of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze, who was shot and illegally detained by the Russian controlled occupation forces last year and sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison earlier today.
Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze, who was shot and illegally detained by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the summer of 2020, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison by the de facto Supreme Court of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.
A Georgian citizen was shot and arrested near the administrative line dividing the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the Georgian-controlled territory on Saturday, with the de-facto authorities taking the man to detention in the occupied Akhalgori town.
The international community condemns the sentencing of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), calling for his immediate release. Meanwhile a protest rally was held today held along the occupation line with the participants calling on the Georgian government to make more efficient steps aimed to ensure immediate release of the illegal detainee.
The United Kingdom and Norway have joined the calls of foreign states for the ‘immediate release’ of illegally convicted Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze by Russian-controlled occupation forces.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili who met with the family of Zaza Gakheladze, a Georgian citizen illegally detained and sentenced by the Russia-backed occupying forces in Tskhinvali, said the government spares no efforts to release him as soon as possible.