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Georgian father and son sentenced to 2 years in Abkhazia

by OC Media

•2 min read

A father and son were sentenced to 2, and 2 and a half years in jail on 2 August by an Abkhazian court for ‘illegally crossing the border’. Archil Rogava, 59, and Paata Rogava, 25, were arrested on 6 April by authorities in Abkhazia. A spokesperson for Georgia’s State Security Service confirmed the sentences to OC Media saying that they ‘will take all measures to get these people released using all mechanisms of negotiations’. The court’s decision was ‘clearly illegal’ she added. Rogava

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Woman arrested in Georgia for protesting Abkhazian detentions

by OC Media

•2 min read

Family members of father and son Archil, 59, and Paata, 25, Rogava, who were arrested on 6 April for allegedly crossing into Abkhazia, have continued their protests. On 26 April, they blocked the Enguri (Ingur) Bridge, which leads to Georgia’s de facto border with Abkhazia. Georgian police arrested Darejan Rogava, Paata Rogava’s sister during the protest. According to Channel 1, relatives of Rogavas organised a human chain across the bridge, demanding that the Georgian government take step

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Family protests detentions of two men for crossing into Abkhazia

by OC Media

•2 min read

Family members of father and son Archil Rogava, 59, and Paata Rogava, 25, gathered at the de facto border with Abkhazia on 13 April for the second time, after the pair were arrested on 6 April for allegedly crossing into Abkhazia. The family members are gathered at the Enguri (Ingur) Bridge, according to Intepressnews. Relatives say that the men were detained on 6 April while they were looking for a lost horse, but that they did not cross the border. The relatives claim that border guards for

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Abkhazia closes all but one Gali checkpoint

by OC Media

•3 min read

On 5 March, the de facto government of Abkhazia closed two of the three remaining checkpoints between Abkhazia and Tbilisi-controlled territory — the Khurcha–Nabakevi (Bataiguara) and Orsantia–Otobaia (Bgoura) crossings. The Abkhazian government amended the law on the state borders in March 2016, reducing the number of checkpoints ‘in order to better control the border’ as well as raising fines for ‘illegal border crossing’. The law came into force in April 2016, a month after being ad

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Man sentenced to 20 years in South Ossetia for ‘terrorism’

by OC Media

•2 min read

On 5 February, a court in South Ossetia sentenced Giorgi Giunashvili to 20 years in prison on charges of terrorism and sabotage. Giunashvili was arrested in July 2016. According to South Ossetia’s de facto authorities, Giunashvili was a part of a ‘Security Group’, controlled by the Georgian special services. He is accused of being responsible for a grenade explosion in 2007 in the village of Khelchua, located in South Ossetia; for an attack on South Ossetia’s military in 2008; and for parti

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South Ossetia considers legalising ‘Georgian contraband’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

The de facto republic of South Ossetia is considering opening up trade with the rest of Georgia. However, the proposals are meeting resistance from those opposed to trading with their ‘enemy’. A statement made by chairman of the Customs Committee of the de facto Republic of South Ossetia, Murat Tskhovrebov, on the possible creation of a customs office for goods from the rest of Georgia in the town of Akhalgori, has caused endless discussion among Ossetians on social networks. Tskhovrebov