Russian occupying forces illegally detain 6 Georgian citizens
Aleksi Batiashvili, the First Deputy Head of the Service, said the hotline operated for exchange of information along the line had been activated over the incident. Photo: Nino Alavidze / Agenda.ge
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The State Security Service of Georgia on Friday said Russian occupation forces had illegally detained six Georgian citizens near the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi, adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the Government-controlled territory from the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Aleksi Batiashvili, the First Deputy Head of the Service, said the hotline operated for exchange of information along the line had been activated over the incident.
[S]ix more of our fellow citizens were illegally detained by the [Russian] occupation forces this morning. We activated the hotline, [while] our international partners are [also] involved”, he said.
Batiashvili said the service would “do our best to return these people to their families as soon as possible”.
The development follows the Service’s confirmation on Wednesday of the arrest of another citizen in the territory adjacent to the village of Disevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality.
The Georgian State Security Service said 44 persons had been illegally arrested by Russian occupation forces in the vicinity of central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, and 13 adjacent to the occupied Abkhazia in the north-west of the country, in its annual report for 2022.
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The State Security Service of Georgia has reported “illegal destructive activities” observed in the occupied territories near the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi, adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the government-controlled territory from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Six Georgian citizens illegally detained on Friday by Russian occupation forces near the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi were released on Monday, the State Security Service of Georgia said.
Two Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near central Georgia’s Gori municipality were released on Friday, the State Security Service of Georgia said.
Two Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the administrative line separating the central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country were released on Wednesday, the State Security Service of Georgia said.
Two Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the administrative line separating the central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country were released on Friday, the State Security Service of Georgia said.