16 June 2009, 19:00
Georgia: unknown persons kidnap opposition activist
Irakliy Kordzai, leader of the movement named "Why?", reports that in Tbilisi unidentified persons kidnapped one of the activists of the opposition - Shalva Goginashvili, 21, a member of the organization "April 9".
During the last 24 hours it is not the first attack on oppositionists. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 15 unknown persons attacked the "city of cells", as a result, dozens of oppositionists suffered. On that very day, the police of Tbilisi detained 39 participants of the action of the opposition held in front of the building of the central administration of Georgia's MIA.
According to Irakliy Kordzai, leader of the movement "Why?", Mr Goginashvili was in the territory of "Park Vake" in Tbilisi with his girlfriend, when 12 persons attacked him, forced him into a car and took away in an unknown place, the "Gazeta.Ru" reports.
The "Interfax" adds that Shalva Goginashvili was an active participant of protest actions.
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May 01, 2024 23:41
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Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia
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Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia
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Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case
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Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary
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On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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May 01, 2024 22:47
Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia
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May 01, 2024 21:46
Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case
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May 01, 2024 21:06
Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary
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May 01, 2024 18:54
On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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April 30, 2024 19:49
SMO participants ask President Putin for assistance in finding missing athlete Anna Tsomartova
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May 01, 2024 22:47
Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia
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May 01, 2024 21:46
Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case
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May 01, 2024 21:06
Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary
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May 01, 2024 18:54
On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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April 30, 2024 19:49
SMO participants ask President Putin for assistance in finding missing athlete Anna Tsomartova
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May 01, 2024 23:41
Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia -
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Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia -
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Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case -
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SMO participants ask President Putin for assistance in finding missing athlete Anna Tsomartova -
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