South Ossetia

June 24, 2021 16:19

• Zaza Gakheladze's relatives hold protest action in Ergneti village

  On June 23, in the village of Ergneti, oppositionists, activists and relatives of Zaza Gakheladze, who was convicted in South Ossetia for crossing the border, held a protest action demanding from Georgian authorities to take efficient actions to release him.

June 23, 2021 18:47

• Zaza Gakheladze’s father refuses to visit South Ossetia

  The Patriarchate of Georgia appealed to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia with a request to help in the release of Zaza Gakheladze and asked the convict’s father not to visit the territory of South Ossetia.

June 21, 2021 11:14

• Analysts criticize UN's and Georgia's approaches to return of refugees

  The UN should not only declare the refugees' right to return to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but also seek from Russia to provide such an opportunity, Beso Shengeliya, a lawyer, has stated. Georgia is blocking discussion of this problem with authorities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Paata Zakareishvili, a former Georgia's State Minister for Civil Reconciliation, has stated in his turn.

June 17, 2021 23:55

• Georgian citizen released from imprisonment in South Ossetia

  Lasha Khereteli was handed over to the Georgian side after serving a year in a Tskhinvali prison in a border violation case.

June 16, 2021 13:19

• Relatives of Zaza Gakheladze threaten Georgian authorities with protest actions

  The Georgian authorities must take efficient action to release Zaza Gakheladze, convicted in South Ossetia for crossing the border, his relatives have stated, threatening otherwise to hold protests.

June 09, 2021 14:53

• Forensic expert in Djabiev's case complains to MPs about investigators' pressure

  The certificate on the examination of Inal Djabiev's body was not a death conclusion; and the criminal case for abuse of power during the forensic examination was initiated unreasonably, Zarina Dzagoeva, a forensic expert, stated on June 8, asking South-Ossetian MPs to protect her from criminal prosecution.

June 07, 2021 18:37

• Forensic expert suspected of fabricating data on Djabiev’s death

  Forensic expert Zarina Dzagoeva exceeded her power by introducing inaccurate data into the conclusion drawn up after the death of Inal Djabiev, the General Prosecutor’s Office of South Ossetia suggests.

May 25, 2021 17:33

• Tskhovrebov and Djabiev’s case brought to Supreme Court of South Ossetia

  A case on an attempt on the life of Igor Naniev, Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia, in which Nikolai Tskhovrebov and Inal Djabiev, who died after an interrogation at a police station, are involved as defendants, has been sent to the Supreme Court (SC) of South Ossetia, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the republic reports today.

May 24, 2021 21:50

• Bibilov demands to punish those responsible for Djabiev’s death

  Today, in his message to the people and parliament, the leader of South Ossetia has declared that those guilty must be punished for the crime against Inal Djabiev.

May 17, 2021 23:49

• Defence of policemen interprets results of examination on Djabiev’s death in their favour

  Inal Djabiev entered a police station being already injured, and the criminal case against policemen should be closed, the defence has claimed following the results of the examination. One of the charges was dropped from the policemen, but the General Prosecutor’s Office did not inform relatives of Inal Djabiev about that, his widow points out.

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