UK, Norway call for ‘immediate release’ of illegally convicted Georgian man by occupation forces

The central Georgian government says that Russia is responsible for all violations in Georgia’s de facto regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 08 Feb 2021 - 19:08, Tbilisi,Georgia

The United Kingdom and Norway have joined the calls of foreign states for the ‘immediate release’ of illegally convicted Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze by Russian-controlled occupation forces. 

Gakheladze was shot and illegally detained last year near Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (on the Tbilisi-controlled territory) and was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison earlier this week.