Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili released

12:18, 28.12.2019

Georgian Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, illegally kept imprisoned by the occupational regime, has been released. He is already brought to the territory controlled by the Georgian central government – State Security Service confirmed the information to Georgian First Channel.

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.

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