Titus Corlatean, (Romania, SOC), and Claude Kern, (France, ALDE), co-rapporteurs for the Parliamentary Assembly for monitoring Georgia, have expressed their deep concern over the illegal sentence of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakhheladze, to twelve years in prison by a so called court in Tskhinvali.
“This is a sentence from an illegal court. We demand the immediate release of Gakheladze. In this regard, we would like to emphasize Russia‘s responsibility in being the country that controls the Georgian region of South Ossetia as determined by the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 21 January 2020,” said the co-rapporteurs.
They reiterated the full support of the Parliamentary Assembly for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia within its internationally-recognized borders.
Recently, the “Supreme Court“, of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, sentenced Georgian Zaza Gakheladze who lived near the occupation line to 12 years and six months in prison.
The Tskhinvali Court convicted Gakheladze under two articles: Article 317 (invasion of life of a law-enforcement officer) and Article 322.
On February 9, it was revealed that the so-called Tskhinvali court, which is occupied, had ordered Ramaz Begeluri, a Georgian citizen who lives in Gugutiantkari Village, Gori Municipality, to be held for two months before his trial. On February 2, representatives of the occupation regime illegally arrested the Georgian citizen.
By Ana Dumbadze
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