Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian occupation forces released
In his comments to the media after the release, Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Service, said detained Dotiashvili had injuries on his face, sustained during his arrest and noted he would be interviewed as an eyewitness of Ginturi’s murder. Photo via State Security Service
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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.
The State Security Service of Georgia said Dotiashvili returned to the territory controlled by the central Government, after his release had been “actively discussed” by the Georgian side on Monday at 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 in Ergneti.
The hotline designed for information exchange along the occupation line and “all mechanisms at the disposal” of the Government were used to ensure Dotiashvili’s release, the state body noted, adding international partners were actively involved in the negotiations.
In his comments to the media after the release, Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Service, said detained Dotiashvili had injuries on his face, sustained during his arrest and noted he would be interviewed as an eyewitness of Ginturi’s murder.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the country’s officials on Monday called on the international community to make an “appropriate assessment and response” on the killing and detention of Georgian citizens by occupation forces.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian officials and the Public Defender’s Office on Monday reacted to the killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia, and illegal detention of the country’s national Levan Dotiashvili, in an incident earlier during the day, and called for “immediate punishment” of offenders and the release of the detainee.
Levan Dotiashvili, a Georgian citizen who was released on Thursday after being illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia following an incident that led to the killing of Tamaz Ginturi, another national of the country, on Friday recounted details of the incident.
Mikheil Shakulashvili, the State Representative in the central Shida Kartli region, on Saturday said identifying and punishing individuals responsible for the killing of a Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday, was a “priority of the state”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said his party would not back “any initiative” proposed by Parliamentary opposition groups about the country’s foreign policy and occupation of its territories by Russia.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia in May was released on Wednesday, the State Security Service said.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said “all international mechanisms” would be used to ensure the protection of the rights of two Georgian fighters, who were captured by Russian military forces during the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The United States Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday said the killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi by Russian-controlled occupation forces earlier this month was a “reminder on how Russia’s continued occupation of Georgia’s territory impacts the people of Georgia”.
A Georgian citizen who was illegally detained on Monday by the Russian-controlled occupation forces near central Georgia’s Gori municipality has been released, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Monday.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament that “strongly” condemned the abduction and killing of Tamaz Ginturi, a Georgian citizen, by the Russian occupying forces earlier this month.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally arrested three Georgian citizens in the occupied territory adjacent to the village of Adzvi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Saturday.
Irakli Chikovani, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said Georgia was able to ensure the release of Georgian citizens, illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces near the occupation line, in “the shortest period of time”.
A Georgian citizen, illegally detained by the occupation forces near the village of Balaani in the Russian-occupied central Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), has been released, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Tuesday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally detained a Georgian citizen near the village of Akhmaji, adjacent to the country’s occupied central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian State Security Service said on Monday.