Citizens of South Ossetia, sentenced in 2005 by the Georgian court to life imprisonment on trumped-up charges, have stopped the hunger strike, which lasted since January 26. The action stopped after the Georgian authorities promised to consider the demand of the prisoners to review their criminal cases in the Georgian parliament.
As reported to IA "Res" by the wife of one of the prisoner George Valiev - Marina, "the prisoners, exhausted by the hunger strike, are gradually given light food."
According to the South Ossetian Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, the issue of the missing persons and life -term prisoners - citizens of South Ossetia kept in Georgian prisons, will be considered at the next round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
"At the next round of the Geneva talks, held March 17-18, we intend to discuss the question of our citizens kept in prisons of Georgia, as before, we will be seeking opportunities for mutual exchange of prisoners," - said the envoy.
