Six Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces released
The individuals had been arrested adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the Government-controlled territory from the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Photo: State Security Service of Georgia
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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.
The individuals had been arrested adjacent to the administrative boundary line separating the Government-controlled territory from the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Service said it had used the hotline designed for information exchange along the line, and “all mechanisms at the disposal” of the Government, “immediately” after the information about the illegal detention was received.
The European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia was also “directly involved” in the reaction to the incident, it added.
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.
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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.
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.