Thursday, February 12, 2026

Georgia to seek international criminal prosecution for suspect in Khurcha incident

Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in Ortachala, Tbilisi
The Prosecutor’s Office in Ortachala, Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a statement released on Saturday, Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia laid out its version of the tragic event of May 19, and announced it would appeal to the court demanding detention in absentia of Rashid Kanciogli, identified as a person who allegedly

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Georgian IDP killed by Abkhaz guards at checkpoint

An ethnic Georgian man was fatally wounded by an Abkhaz border officer in an incident that occurred at the Khurcha-Nabakevi checkpoint at the de facto border with Abkhazia, inside the territory under control of Georgian authorities. The video (+18) from a surveillance camera distributed by Rustavi 2 shows how four men in uniforms assault on … Read more