Georgian Justice Minister Brigadze on Saakashvili who ended his hunger strike: he will be returned to prison prison hospital back to the prison in Rustavi, where he was serving his sentence. His further fate was revealed by the Minister of Justice of Georgia Rati Bregadze on the air of “Rustavi 2.” Why should he be transferred to any other clinic? If he stops his hunger strike, that is very good, and we welcome it, as we will be glad if his health condition is stable. In this case, when appropriate conditions are created, he will be returned to the Rustavi prison, where he was serving his sentence before, “Bregadze said.
Earlier on November 11, Saakashvili's lawyer Nika Gvaramia said that he had decided to stop hunger strike. Interfax reported that the ex-president promised to end the hunger strike as soon as he was transferred to a civilian hospital.
Saakashvili was detained on October 1, when he returned to Georgia after eight years of emigration. At home, the politician was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison. While in the prison in the city of Rustavi, Saakashvili went on a hunger strike. On November 8, he was transferred to a prison hospital in Tbilisi.
Supporters of the ex-president consider him a political prisoner and are holding protests demanding his release.