Culture minister Tsulukiani: If required, Saakashvili will be brought to a civil clinic
Culture Minister Tea Tsulukiani says that currently there is no need for Mikheil Saakashvili to be transferred to a civil clinic. Photo: Justice Ministry press office.
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Georgian Minister of Culture and former Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani says that if there is a need, former president Mikheil Saakashvili will be brought to a civil clinic from a prison hospital.
Saakashvili has been on hunger strike for 49 days since his arrest in Tbilisi on October 1.
She stated that currently there is no need for Saakashvili to be brought to a civil clinic, as the prison hospital is ensuring all required medical care for him.
As of now there are no grounds for a transfer,” Tsulukiani said today.
She added that some other inmates are also on hunger strike, saying that this form of protest is unacceptable to her.
Tsulukiani, like the European Court of Human Rights, has called on Saakashvili to stop his hunger strike.
A medical council composed of eight health experts under Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria presented its conclusion on the health of Saakashvili yesterday, stating that the patient’s condition is ‘critical,’ and that he needs an ‘immediate transfer’ to a multipurpose, well-equipped civil clinic.
The ruling Georgian Dream party head Irakli Kobakhidze has stated that the conclusion is ‘fake’ and accused Lomjaria of being biased.
He said that Lomjaria may be held accountable for the ‘fake conclusion.’
A medical council composed of eight health experts under Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has presented its conclusion on the health of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, stating that the patient’s condition on the 49th day of his hunger strike is ‘critical,’ and he needs an ‘immediate transfer’ to a multi-profile, well-equipped civilian clinic.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says that the third president Mikheil Saakashvili is serving his term in a Georgian prison ‘based on the rule of law.’ However, she noted that the former president is not an ordinary prisoner and that his imprisonment and hunger strike is ‘under close observation’ by the international community.
Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has again not been allowed by the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia to attend a trial in Tbilisi City Court today about an embezzlement case in which he is implicated.
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.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze says that former president Mikheil Saakashvili may be brought to court to attend trial hearings in his own cases, as Saakashvili has called off his 50-day hunger strike and is now receiving medical care in Gori military hospital. Bregadze has told Imedi TV that Saakashvili was refused attendance at three trial hearings in cases concerning him because of ‘security threats and taking Saakshvili’s health while on hunger strike into account.’