A bicycle marathon was organized by the civil movement “Voice” in Tsalenjikha Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia, in support of Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, imprisoned by the occupational regime.

Participants of the activity rode bicycles from Jvari village to Muzhava, which is adjacent to Saberio village of occupied Gali district. They demanded unconditional release of the illegally detained Georgian doctor.

Members of the civil movement carried Georgian and European Union flags and posters that read “Russia is Occupant,” “Solidarity to Doctor Vazha,” “Abkhazia is Georgia” and “Samachablo is Georgia.”

“Unification of Georgia is the main goal of our generation. The youngsters should not think about occupation,” Bacho Kantaria, founder of “Voice” movement said.

The occupied Tskhinvali court sentenced Vazha Gaprindashvili to one year and nine-months to prison during the trial on December 20.

Tbilisi-based doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality on November 9. He was sent to two-month pretrial detention on November 15.

Vazha Gaprindashvili was charged with “illegally crossing the border” under article 322 of the criminal code of Russia.