Two arrested for attacking supporter of detained former Pres. Saakashvili
Following the incident, Giorgi Balkhamishvili said that three individuals attacked him when he was returning home from the rally on November 3. He noted that one individual is a supporter of the Georgian Dream party. Photo: video grab.
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Police have arrested two individuals, identified only as E.A. and R Ch., for attacking a member of a rally in support of imprisoned third President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in Rustavi.
Police found that the suspects verbally and physically assaulted Giorgi Balkhamishvili, who participated in the rally in support of Mikheil Saakashvili at Rustavi No. 12 prison on November 3.
Following the incident, Balkhamishvili said that three individuals attacked him when he was returning home from the rally on November 3. He noted that one individual is a supporter of the Georgian Dream party.
The crime is punishable by up to three years in prison.
The United National Movement (UNM) opposition party has called on the international community and NGOs to ‘take all measures’ to protect former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike for 26 days. The UNM chairman Nika Melia said yesterday that Saakashvili needs to be brought to a multi-profile civil clinic and not to a prison hospital as the Georgian Dream government officials had offered.
Lawyers of ex. president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili demand he be treated in a civil hospital and not in prison as his condition is allegedly deteriorating. Saakashvili’s lawyer, Nika Gvaramia, says Saakashvili may be killed during instigated unrest in the prison hospital, which is why it is unacceptable to treat him there.
The United National Movement (UNM) opposition party and their supporters are now rallying at Rustavi No.12 prison to express support for the currently detained third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.