Saakashvili’s son asks Georgian gov’t to transfer his father to civil hospital
“What is happening now has gone beyond even political justice and turned into very dangerous and ugly retribution. We face either indifference or, in the worse case, premeditated murder,” Eduard Saakashvili says. Photo: video grab.
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The son of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, Eduard Saakashvili, has released a video address in which he asks the Government of Georgia to transfer the ex-president to a civil hospital, noting that his father ‘is in danger.’
He also stated that he was dismayed by the way his father was treated following his arrest, saying that ‘the humiliation and horrible footage has indelibly imprinted in my memory.’
When my father was arrested, I sincerely thought that he would be given proper conditions, treated with dignity and that his health would not be endangered but what happened happened and we saw what we saw,” Saakashvili said.
He addressed the supporters of the ruling party, stating that he ‘sincerely wants the time to come when society will evaluate the past together, objectively and in a balanced way.’
What is happening now has gone beyond even political justice and turned into very dangerous and ugly retribution. We face either indifference or, in the worse case, premeditated murder,” Eduard Saakashvili says.
Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days, said several days ago that he is ready to stop his hunger strike if he is brought to a multi-profile civil hospital that will provide medical care in the post-hunger strike period.
The ex-president’s decision was preceded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) interim judgement which urged Saakashvili to call off the hunger strike.
The Union of Georgian Medical Associations demanded the former president’s transfer to a civil clinic to ‘save his life.’
Day 46 of a hunger strike. Mikheil Saakashvili’s health condition is critical and he is not being transferred to the civic hospital. West needs to act. #FreeSaakashvili
— Mikheil Saakashvili (@SaakashviliM) November 15, 2021
Saakashvili, who currently serves his sentence of six years of imprisonment, was forcibly transferred to Gldani prison hospital about a week ago due to the prevention of deterioration in his health.
The State Inspector’s Service investigates the alleged physical assault on Saakashvili following his claims that prison staff verbally and physically abused him.
The former president refused to receive hunger-related treatment, including tests, following the release of footage by the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service of him receiving food in Rustavi Prison No.12 on November 6.
Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has called on the Georgian government to ‘ensure the full protection of his health,’ adding that the medical council created to monitor the health condition of the ex-president ‘should intensify its work.’
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze says that former president Mikheil Saakashvili is receiving all necessary medical services in Gldani Prison No.18 hospital, and that the ministry has invited more doctors to monitor Saakashvili while he is on hunger strike and who will give daily updates about the former president’s health condition.
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Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has stated that the medical council created to monitor the health condition of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili ‘should intensify its work’ and called on the Georgian Justice Ministry and the Special Penitentiary Service to ‘ensure the full protection of his health.’
The Union of Georgian Medical Associations has demanded imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili be transferred to a civil hospital in order to ‘save his life.’
The imprisoned former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who claims to be on a hunger strike, has released a letter from Gldani prison hospital, saying that he will stop the hunger strike if he is taken to a multifunctional civil clinic for rehabilitation. Saakashvili said that he decided to call off his hunger strike after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) urged him to do so.
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.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a complaint by former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on his transfer to a private clinic from a prison hospital, and instead urged him to call off his hunger strike, the Georgian Ministry of Justice said yesterday and released an interim judgement of the court.The court demanded from the Georgian government to inform them about Saakashvili’s state of health and ensure proper medical care for him now and in the post-hunger-strike period.
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Vice speaker of the Parliament and former health minister of Georgia, David Sergeenko, member of the Parliament Mikheil Sarjveladze, and the chairman of the Health Committee Dimitri Khundadze visited former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in prison yesterday.
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