Georgian Gov’t requests “technical meeting” after citizen’s death following illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces
The body said the Government would demand “with particular strictness” and “in all international formats” legal punishment of “all guilty individuals” involved in the death, as well as “immediate release” of the other Georgian national, who was illegally arrested during the same incident in the occupied territory near the village of Kirbali in central Georgia’s Gori municipality. Photo: SSS
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The Georgian Government has on Monday requested a “technical meeting” with the participation of representatives of the Russian occupation forces administering Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the European Union Monitoring Mission following the death of a Georgian citizen following an illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces on Monday.
The State Security Service of Georgia said the incident was “another alarming manifestation” by the occupying forces’ “criminal actions” and placed “full responsibility” on the latter.
The body said the Government would demand “with particular strictness” and “in all international formats” legal punishment of “all guilty individuals” involved in the death, as well as “immediate release” of the other Georgian national, who was illegally arrested during the same incident in the occupied territory near the village of Kirbali in central Georgia’s Gori municipality.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday said it had launched an investigation on both violations in the incident.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday called on the international community to make an “appropriate assessment and response” to the death of a Georgian citizen following an illegal arrest attempt by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
A Georgian citizen has died following an attempt of illegal arrest by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia, with another Georgian national detained, the State Security Service said on Monday.
Release of Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces and developments along the occupation lin
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday said she was “profoundly outraged” by the death of a citizen of the country following an attempt of their illegal arrest by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Georgian State Security Service, on Monday said the country’s authorities had demanded “immediate release” of a Georgian citizen illegally detained by occupation forces on Monday, and punishment of individuals responsible for the killing of another national of the country in the same incident, in a meeting with de facto authorities of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The European Union Monitoring Mission on Monday expressed its concern and condemned “in the strongest terms the use of force in any form” after a Georgian citizen died following an illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces on Monday.
Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Georgian citizen by Russian occupying forces near a village adjacent to central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday said Russia's “century-old” policy of kidnapping and killing Georgian citizens in the country’s territory had “no end”, following the killing of a Georgian national by Russian occupying forces near a village adjacent to central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday said his Government had taken “all possible steps” following the killing of a Georgian national by Russian occupying forces near a village adjacent to central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on Monday.
A Georgian citizen Levan Dotiashvili illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia was released on Thursday, following an incident which saw the killing of the country’s national Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday.