TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers on Sunday detained Otar Kokoshvili, 54, from the village Tamarasheni, near Kareli. He was taken to a detention facility in Tskhinvali, a central town in the breakaway region South Ossetia.
According to his relatives, Kokoshvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Union Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM) calls on South Ossetia to release all Georgians detained for picking the plant jonjoli.
Jonjoli, or bladdernut, is a shrub used for cooking in Georgia. It grows in the wild in areas adjacent
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards Monday detained seven more Georgians in villages bordering South Ossetia.
The same day, four Georgians were released. This leaves nearly 20 Georgians who still remain in detention in Tskhinvali.
The seven Georgians were detained
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia on Saturday released five out of 18 Georgians detained for allegedly crossing the disputed border.
18 Georgians have been detained by Russian soldiers in the last two weeks in villages on the disputed border.
According to the five
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry has confirmed that 8 more Georgians have been detained today on the disputed South Ossetia border.
Russian soldiers arrested 7 persons from the village Korbouli and one from the village Chala in the Imereti region, in western
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers Monday detained two more Georgians on the border with South Ossetia.
The incident took place in the village Kldistskharo, and on the same day as a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, that are used to solve
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three women who were detained by Russian soldiers on the South Ossetian border on Friday have been released.
The three were detained in the village Khurvaleti, which lies right on the disputed border.
Georgian news agency Interpressnews reports that
TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian was detained Saturday by Russian soldiers near the border with South Ossetia. This is the fourth Georgian this happens to this week.
Merab Kapanadze, 70, from the village Tseronisi, was detained while tending to his cattle
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained three Georgian citizens in the village Khurvaleti for violating the border with South Ossetia.
All three detainees – Rusudan Khuroshvili, Zeinab Kharkheli and Lali Khuroshvili – were taken to South Ossetia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV crew of three was detained by Russian soldiers Tuesday on the de facto border with South Ossetia.
RES, the official news agency of the breakaway region confirmed that three Georgians had been detained, but failed to name the detainees.