The USA Embassy calls de facto Tskhinvali regime for immediate release of doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili.
The U.S. Embassy calls for the immediate release of Dr. Vazha Gaprindashvili, a well-known Georgian physician and president of the Association of Orthopedists and Traumatologists of Georgia, who was sentenced by the de facto authorities
in Georgia’s South Ossetia region on November 15 to two months of pretrial detention. Additionally, we again call for the immediate end to closures of the crossing points along the administrative boundary line. We reiterate our full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders. We once again urge Russia to fulfill all of its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement, including
the withdrawal of its forces to pre-conflict positions and the provision of free access for humanitarian assistance to these regions, as well to reverse its recognition of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states.
It is already three days that the famous Georgian doctor, Vazha Gafrindashvili was detained by de facto regime. He is placed in pre-trial detention facility of Akhalgori. Three more persons detained together with the doctor were released after paying financial penalty. Criminal investigation of the case is in process charging illegal borderline breach.
Hot line is open for the doctor’s case and EU Monitoring Mission is informed.
Tamta Kapanadze
News Author