MEP Fotyga in Georgia, MEP Cramon slams gov’t for Saakashvili’s prison-transfer videos
MEP Viola von Cramon says that the Georgian Dream government ‘ is more and more resembling’ to the previous United National Movement government.
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MEP Anna Fotyga has come to Georgia to see former president Mikheil Saakashvili in Gldani Prison No.18 hospital, while MEP Viola von Cramon has criticized the Georgian Dream government for the release of videos yesterday which show the transfer of Saakashvili from Rustavi prison to Gldani on Monday, on his 39th day of hunger strike.
- Footage released showing Saakashvili’s transfer to a prison clinic [VIDEO
- More footage of Saakashvili released on his way to prison hospital [VIDEO]
Cramon has tweeted that spreading the videos by the Georgian government was ‘deplorable.’
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— Viola von Cramon (@ViolavonCramon) November 11, 2021
????????Appalled by ill treatment of ex-president #Saakashvili in prison. Spreading these videos by @GovernmentGeo is deplorable. The case becomes increasingly political and @GeorgianDream41 more and more resembles the previous government. #Georgia deserves better.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell stated earlier today that he could not see the necessity of spreading the videos which show how Saakashvili resists his transfer to the prison hospital, insults the medical and prison personnel and then is forcibly taken down from an emergency vehicle and brought to the prison hospital.
Hartzell stated that spreading such videos do not help to discharge current political tension in Georgia.
Georgian opposition parties have also slammed the government ‘for inhuman treatment’ to Saakashvili and stated that spreading the videos was ‘more than shameful which made the enemy happy.’
The Georgian Justice minister said that the goal to spread the videos was to show that it was Saakashvili and not the prison staff who violated the law and insulted others.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze has stated that the Georgian Dream government ‘will be happy’ if former president Mikheil Saakashvili calls off his 43-day hunger strike ‘without raising preconditions.’Saakashvili said yesterday that he is ready to stop his hunger strike if he is brought to a civil clinic which will provide proper medical care in the post-hunger strike period.
The Georgian Special Penitentiary Service has released another video of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, in which Saakashvili is in an emergency vehicle being taken to Gldani Prison No.18 hospital on Monday, on the 39th day of his hunger strike.
The Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia has released a video which shows the transfer of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili from Rustavi prison to the Gldani Prison No.18 hospital on Monday, to prevent complications to his health on the 39th day of hunger strike.
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who reportedly has been on hunger strike for 39 days, has been transferred to Gldani No.18 prison hospital ‘to prevent deterioration in his health due to increased risks,' the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service reports.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have discussed the issue of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is a citizen of Ukraine, during a recent phone conversation.
Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili continues his hunger strike and refuses to take medication or receive an infusion as the government has not yet responded to his demand to transfer him to a civil clinic, Saakashvili’s lawyer Dimitri Sadzaglishvili stated earlier today.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze has denied MEP Anna Fotyga's request to visit the imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in prison hospital saying that currently, due to health and safety reasons, only the visitors specified by the Prison Code of Georgia are allowed to make visits. The Prison Code of Georgia states that the accused and convicted persons have a right to a meeting with close relatives, defence lawyers, or diplomatic representatives.
The chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Irakli Kobakhidze has said that several foreign politicians 'stubbornly' keep lobbying for the opposition United National Movement (UNM) 'without any arguments.' Kobakhidze's statement comes after MEP Anna Fotyga referred to the imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili as a 'political prisoner,' and slammed the Georgian government for denying her request to visit him in prison.