03 May 2018, 22:17
Tbilisi resident detained in South Ossetia
The authorities of South Ossetia have detained a 22-year-old resident of Tbilisi, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, has stated. The young man had illegally crossed the border of South Ossetia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
According to Ms Tsikhelashvili, the detainee is a native of the Tskhinvali District. The Georgian authorities are taking measures to release him, the "Georgia-Online" reports.
The Minister has also expressed her fears for the detainee's safety, recalling the fate of another Georgian citizen, Archil Tatunashvili.
Archil Tatunashvili died on February 23 in a Tskhinvali hospital after being detained by South-Ossetian law enforcers. Only on March 20, his body was handed over to Georgia. In Georgia, experts fixed signs of torture on the body.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
