Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian occupation forces released
The Service added the Government and its international partners continued to work “actively” for the release of all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the Russian-occupied territories. Photo: State Security Service
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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 Service noted the release of Levan Petriashvili followed its “active use” of the hotline mechanism used for exchange of information along the occupation line separating the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions from the rest of the country.
It added the topic had also been “regularly raised” by the Government in meetings of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism and Geneva International Discussions, two platforms involving Georgian Government officials and de facto authorities in the occupied regions.
The Service added the Government and its international partners continued to work “actively” for the release of all Georgian citizens illegally detained in the Russian-occupied territories.
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”.
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.
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.
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