Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list

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Abkhazia

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

by OC Media

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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

Abkhazia

Russia and South Ossetia slam Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili list

by OC Media

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The Russian and South Ossetian authorities have slammed Georgia for passing the Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili sanctions list into law. On 2 July, authorities in South Ossetia labelled the list ‘cynical’ and ‘irresponsible’, dubbing it ‘another indicator’ of Tbilisi’s ‘lack of desire to face its own mistakes and normalise relations’ with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The list includes those accused or convicted in absentia for ‘the murder, kidnapping, torture, and inhumane treatment’ of Georgian cit

Abkhazia

Georgia releases Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili sanctions list

by OC Media

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Georgia released the first 33 names on the ‘Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list’ of sanctioned individuals on Tuesday. The list includes those accused or convicted in absentia for ‘the murder, kidnapping, torture, and inhumane treatment’ of Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and for the cover-up of these crimes, since 1991. At its first meeting since parliamentary approval on 20 June, the cabinet led by new Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze identified the justice and foreign ministries