''The Strasbourg Court has refused to satisfy Saakashvili's claim in connection with his transfer to a private clinic and demanded that he called off the hunger strike,'' Justice Minister Rati Bregadze said in his social media post.
''The court has urged the plaintiff to immediately call off his hunger strike.
The Georgian government must provide the European Court with information on the plaintiff's state of health and safety before 24 November of 2021,'' Bregadze wrote.
Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili was transferred to Gldani prison from the Rustavi penitentiary establishment.
According to the ombudsman's representative, Mikheil Ghoghadze, Mikheil Saakashvili was transported to Gldani prison in an emergency vehicle which he was forced to leave. ''He was taken out of the vehicle forcefully,'' the ombudsman's representative said earlier.
As for Justice Minister Rati Bregadze, he said that ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili physically and verbally assaulted No18 penitentiary establishment employees.
The penitentiary establishment released the video footage showing Saakashvili leaving his prison cell, claiming that he did so willfully.
Late at night, Saakashvili's lawyer publicized the ex-president's letter in which he said that he was subject to verbal and physical assault, with someone also trying to jab him.
Saakashvili's lawyers state that the former president is not provided with adequate conditions to have his safety and health protected.
The State Inspector's Service launched an investigation into a possible inhumane treatment to which the third president of Georgia was allegedly subjected.
Ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was detained on Oct 1, has been on a hunger strike for 41 days now.
