Archil Tatunashvili will be buried at the Mukhatgverdi Brothers’ Cemetery on March 24.

The family members of Tatunashvili thanked the government for this decision. Archil Tatunashvili’s father thanked the public for support.

“I would like to express my gratitude to Prime Minister and Minister of Defense for the decision to bury my son at Brother’s cemetery. I want to express my gratitude to the whole Georgia and the society for support”, – Giorgi Tatunashvili told journalists today.

Archil Tatunashvili’s body was handed over to the Georgian side at Ergneti checkpoint on March 20. The examination of Tatunashvili’s body was conducted on March 20-21 at Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau. According to statement released by the Center EMPATHY, which was involved in the examination, there are multiple injuries on Tatunashvili’s body, indicating the trace of torture.

On February 22, 2018, representatives of the occupied Tskhinvali region illegally detained the citizens of Georgia: Archil Tatunashvili, Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili. Tatunashvili died in unknown circumstances on February 23.