Occupation forces illegally detain Georgian citizen near occupied Abkhazia
Illegal arrests of Georgian nationals are a common issue near the occupation lines separating the occupied regions from the rest of the country. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Russian-controlled occupation forces on Wednesday illegally arrested a Georgian citizen on territory adjacent to the country’s occupied north-western Abkhazia region, Georgia’s state security service said.
The agency said it had informed the European Union monitoring mission and co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions over the incident.
On Tuesday the occupation forces also illegally detained three Georgian citizens for “illegally crossing the border” in the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi, near the administrative line separating the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country.
The security body said Georgian authorities were using “all tools at their disposal” to ensure release of all illegally detained citizens from both occupied regions.
The arrests are the latest in a series of incidents where Georgian nationals are detained along the occupation lines by the de facto authorities.
Georgian State Security Service officials demanded “unconditional release” of Georgian citizens illegally arrested by Russian occupation forces at the 105th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting, the platform facilitating talks between Georgian agencies and the de-facto authorities in the occupied regions of the country.
Russian occupation forces have illegally detained three Georgian citizens in the village of Mejvriskhevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian state security service confirmed on Tuesday.
Russian occupation forces carried out illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near central Georgia’s Kareli municipality village of Dvani, installing metal poles and wires in the area, the state security service of Georgia said on Friday.
The Russian occupation forces carried out various types of unlawful activities, including illegal ‘borderisation’, throughout the month of January along the de-facto boundary line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the government-controlled territory, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has announced.
A Georgian minor, who was illegally detained on Tuesday by the Russian occupation forces in the village of Mejvriskhevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, has been released, the Georgian state security service said on Thursday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces illegally arrested a Georgian citizen in the country’s occupied north-western Abkhazia region’s Gali district, Georgia’s state security service said on Saturday.