Georgian citizens illegally detained by occupation forces released
The body also added the Government and 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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Georgian citizens illegally detained on Monday by de facto authorities of central Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region were released on Friday, the State Security Service said.
Tamaz Etsadashvili, Otar Terashvili and Valeri Giunashvili had been arrested adjacent to the villages of Zemo Artsevi and Otrevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, with the Service saying it had used the hotline designed for information exchange along the occupation line and “all relevant mechanisms at the disposal” of the Government to ensure their release.
The state body said the Government provided information about the incident to its international partners on a “permanent basis”.
The body also added the Government and 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 three Georgian citizens in the occupied territory adjacent to the villages of Zemo Artsevi and Otrevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Monday.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by de facto authorities of central Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region was released on Monday, the State Security Service said.
Georgian citizen Petre Kalashnikov, who was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), was released on Thursday, the State Security Service said.
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.