European Court of Human Rights asked Saakashvili to start eating

The ECHR refused to transfer Saakashvili to a private clinic and called for an end to the hunger strike

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Saakashvili was transferred from a prison hospital to a private clinic and asked him to start eating. The head of the Ministry of Justice of the republic, Rati Bregadze, announced this on his Facebook.

The Minister explained that Saakashvili's representatives appealed to the ECHR with a demand to immediately transport him to a private multidisciplinary civil clinic. They referred to the fact that in the prison hospital the prisoner could not be provided with safety and health properly.

As a result, the Strasbourg court did not satisfy the plaintiff's demand and urged him to end the hunger strike. Also, the ECHR ordered the republican authorities to inform about Saakashvili's state of health and about all medical interventions carried out.

On November 10, Saakashvili said that he was beaten after being taken from prison No. 12 located in the city of Rustavi to prison hospital in Gldani district of Tbilisi. “The staff of the prison hospital pushed me out by force, against the background of shouts and abuse of the criminals, they dragged me and hit me on the neck several times. They dragged me by the hair, and, of course, at that time I resisted them, “- lawyer Nika Gvaramia read Saakashvili's statement.

On the same day, the Tbilisi City Court overturned Saakashvili's arrest in the framework of the criminal case on dispersal a rally in 2007, through which he is being held by the accused. The judge explained that such a measure of restraint is not necessary, since Saakashvili is already in detention on the basis of a verdict in other cases.

Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1 after he returned after eight years of emigration. Earlier, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for the murder of a banker and beating of a deputy. Saakashvili went on hunger strike in prison.

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