Saakashvili again announced an indefinite hunger strike | News from Germany about Europe

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is imprisoned in a Georgian prison, has decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike again. This was reported by the Georgian TV channel “Rustavi 2” on Monday, February 21. “From today I declare an indefinite hunger strike. The hunger strike is a reaction to how the regime treats me and our people,” Saakashvili said during the court session.

He demanded that he be provided with proper medical treatment, accusing the authorities of trying to make him disabled. “As for my health, this is a planned process of disability and murder,” Saakashvili said. According to the politician, several countries, including Ukraine, requested his removal from Georgia for treatment.

Case of Saakashvili in Georgia

Ex-president of Georgia, now a citizen of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili illegally arrived in Georgia on October 1, on the eve of local elections, to mobilize his supporters. However, he was soon detained in Tbilisi, as he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for “abuse of power.”

Saakashvili was placed in a prison in the city of Rustavi, where he went on a hunger strike. On November 8, he was transferred to a prison hospital in Tbilisi (Gldani district), and on November 19, Saakashvili was sent to a military hospital in the city of Gori for treatment and rehabilitation after a 50-day hunger strike held in Rustavi prison in protest against his detention. On the night of December 30, the ex-president was transferred from the hospital in Gori back to the Rustavi prison.

In Georgia, Saakashvili is involved in several criminal cases. The politician considers his detention illegal, and the charges against him are falsified.

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