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Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

by OC Media

•4 min read

A Georgian citizen has died in detention in Abkhazia’s eastern Gali District after being arrested for ‘illegally crossing the border’. According to Abkhazian officials, 29-year-old Irakli Kvaratskhelia hanged himself at a Russian border service unit where he was taken to file documents. Georgian officials have said Kvaratskhelia may have been beaten in the detention facility. Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of such v

Abkhazia

Georgia takes Russia to ECHR over ‘rights violations on occupied territories’

by OC Media

•6 min read

Georgia has filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for ‘wide-scale practices of harassment, detention, assault and murder on the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia’. While Georgia argued that such practices had ‘intensified since the 2008 war’ reaching a ‘critical point’ with the February killing of Archil Tatunashvili, South Ossetian officials dismissed the move as ‘an absurd propaganda action’. On Wednesday, Georgia’s Justice Ministry issued a statem

Abkhazia

Russia and South Ossetia slam Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili list

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Russian and South Ossetian authorities have slammed Georgia for passing the Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili sanctions list into law. On 2 July, authorities in South Ossetia labelled the list ‘cynical’ and ‘irresponsible’, dubbing it ‘another indicator’ of Tbilisi’s ‘lack of desire to face its own mistakes and normalise relations’ with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The list includes those accused or convicted in absentia for ‘the murder, kidnapping, torture, and inhumane treatment’ of Georgian cit

Abkhazia

Georgia releases Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili sanctions list

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgia released the first 33 names on the ‘Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list’ of sanctioned individuals on Tuesday. The list includes those accused or convicted in absentia for ‘the murder, kidnapping, torture, and inhumane treatment’ of Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and for the cover-up of these crimes, since 1991. At its first meeting since parliamentary approval on 20 June, the cabinet led by new Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze identified the justice and foreign ministries

Abkhazia

Georgian autopsy says Tatunashvili sustained over 100 injuries before dying

by OC Media

•4 min read

An autopsy on the remains of Archil Tatunashvili, a Georgian citizen who died in South Ossetian custody in February, says that he suffered over 100 separate injuries before dying. South Ossetia claims that Tatunashvili, whose remains were transferred to Tbilisi almost three months ago, died after falling down a flight of stairs while trying to escape. According to a preliminary forensic medical examination report produced by the Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, Tatunashvili sustained

Abkhazia

Georgia to ‘sanction rights violators’ in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

by OC Media

•2 min read

Georgia’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling for those committing human rights violations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be punished. The resolution orders the cabinet to create a list of people accused or convicted of ‘murder, kidnapping, torture and inhumane treatment, and serious damage to the health of Georgian citizens on the occupied territories’. It also calls for sanctions against those covering up such crimes. Of 150 MPs, 106 voted in favour of the bill, with none voting

Abkhazia

Abkhazia releases border guard accused of killing Georgian man

by OC Media

•3 min read

Abkhazia has dropped criminal proceedings against Abkhazian border guard Rashid Kandzhi-Ogly, who was accused of killing a Georgian man at a checkpoint between Abkhazia and Tbilisi-controlled territory, the Georgian State Security Service reported on 31 May. Kandzhi-Ogly was accused of murdering Giga Otkhozoria, an ethnic Georgian man from Abkhazia’s eastern Gali (Gal) District, at a checkpoint near the village of Khurcha on 19 May 2016, after a conflict reportedly broke out between Otkhozo