Famous Georgian opera singer goes on hunger strike to support ex-president Saakashvili

Famous opera singer Paata Burchuladze has declared a hunger. He demands that Mikheil Saakashvili, the third President of Georgia, be transferred to a civilian hospital.

Burchuladze had returned to Georgia and went on a hunger strike in Saakashvili's presidential library.

Ex-president Saakashvili, detained on 1 October, has been on a hunger strike for 47 days now. 

Politicians and doctors have gone on a hunger strike with the same demand.