Abkhazia
Abkhazian human rights commissioner condemns treatment of Gali Georgians
The Abkhazian human rights commissioner, Asida Shakryl, has condemned the treatment of ethnic Georgians from Abkhazia’s easternmost Gali District. A protest was held in Gali after the Abkhazian authorities closed the border with Georgian-controlled territory ‘to prevent the spread of swine flu’. During a press conference on 29 January, Shakryl said that public outcry in Gali (Gal) ‘could have been avoided’. She reiterated an earlier position that the Abkhazian authorities should ‘consider
