Abkhazia
Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’
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