Parliament Speaker: killing of Georgian citizen in occupied Abkhazia shows “severity” of occupation
The Parliament Speaker stressed the importance of understanding that the occupation was not only a violation of Georgia’s territorial integrity but also of human rights in the occupied regions, especially today as the world marks Human Rights Day. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Sunday said the killing of a Georgian citizen in the Russian-occupied Gali district of Abkhazia was another “deplorable fact” showing the “severity” of the occupation.
Papuashvili’s comments followed media reports that Georgian citizen Teymur Karbaia was arrested in occupied Gali for “unknown reasons”, after which he was physically abused and brutally beaten by local militia, resulting in his death on Saturday.
He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased and noted this incident once again emphasised the need to end the occupation “as soon as possible”.
The Parliament Speaker stressed the importance of understanding that the occupation was not only a violation of Georgia’s territorial integrity but also of human rights in the occupied regions, especially today as the world marks Human Rights Day.
The brutal beating by local militia resulting in the death of another Georgian citizen, Teymur Karbaia, in occupied Abkhazia- is a tragic reminder of the blatant violations of elementary Human rights in the territories occupied by Russia. Sad 75th anniversary!
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) December 10, 2023
In her turn, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said the death of Karbaia was “a tragic reminder of the blatant violations of elementary Human rights in the territories occupied by Russia”.
The 59th round of Geneva International Discussions, the only international format addressing security and humanitarian consequences of the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, on Tuesday and Wednesday largely focused on the killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi by Russian-controlled occupation forces last month.
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 Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia on Tuesday said the 59th round of the Geneva International Discussions - the platform that addresses security and humanitarian consequences of the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict - would focus on the “aggravation” of the security and humanitarian situation in the country’s Russian-occupied territories.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said “any talks” on demarcation or delimitation of “borders” between the Government and de facto authorities of the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions were “absolutely ruled out”.