Georgian citizen illegally detained by occupation forces released
The state body stressed the Government, together with its international partners, continued to work for the release of “all illegally detained” Georgian citizens from the de facto authorities’ custody. Photo: State Security Service
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A Georgian citizen illegally detained by de facto authorities of central Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in June was released on Friday, the State Security Service said.
Ivane Iluridze had been arrested adjacent to the village of Akhmaji in the Akhalgori municipality, with the Service saying it had used the hotline designed for information exchange along the occupation line and “all mechanisms at the disposal” of the Government to ensure his release.
The state body stressed the Government, together with its international partners, continued to work for the release of “all illegally detained” Georgian citizens from the de facto authorities’ custody.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally arrested two Georgian citizens in the occupied territory adjacent to the village of Ghromi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality and the Akhalgori district village of Balaani, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Wednesday.
A Georgian citizen, Archil Basanidze, illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the administrative line separating the central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country, was released on Sunday, the State Security Service of Georgia said.
Developments over the past two months along the administrative line separating the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia from the rest of the country were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in Ergneti.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally arrested a Georgian citizen near the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian State Security Service said on Wednesday.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by the occupation forces in the occupied territory in central Georgia has been released, the State Security Service said on Tuesday.