Archive - 4/5/2010

Date

Tue, 04/05/2010 - 10:02

South Ossetia handed over to the Georgian side three Georgian citizens detained on the territory of South Ossetia

South Ossetia handed over three Georgian citizens detained in October 2009 through the CoE High Commissioner for Human Rights Tomas Hammarberg, reported Human Rights Plenipotentiary David Sanakoev.
“Today, Biganov Levan Tedoevich, 1987, Djamrishvili Djamlet Temurovich, 1984, Tsiklauri Gennady Omarovich, 1971, were released. This fact speaks for the determination of the South Ossetian side to continue the work on release of detainees and search for the missing persons’, said Sanakoev. The detainees were handed over to the Georgian side at the Georgian-Ossetian borderline, village of Ergneti.

Tue, 04/05/2010 - 09:55

CoE Commissioner arriving in Tskhinval

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Tomas Hammarberg is arriving in South Ossetia 2 May with a working visit. As the Plenipotentiary for Human Rights David Sanakoev reported to IA RES, the discussions in Tskhinval will again focus on the circumstances of abduction of South Ossetian citizens by Georgian law enforcement bodies during and after the hostilities in August 2008.