Georgian woman detained by Russian occupants sent to prison

13:28, 02.10.2018

Maia Otinashvili, the 37-year-old Georgian woman who was detained by so-called “border guards” near the village Khurvaleti of Gori Municipality, has been sentenced to two-month pretrial imprisonment.

According to de-facto state security committee of occupied South Ossetia, Otinashvili has been charged for having attempted to cross the border illegally. “The detainee received money from the citizens of Georgia and South Ossetia and provided them assistance in illegal border crossing. Leningori Court has sentenced her to two-month pretrial imprisonment,” the de-facto state security committee said.

So-called border guards detained 37-year-old Maia Otinashvili near the village of Khurvaleti, in the vicinity of the occupation line. The State Security Service of Georgia claims it is doing everything to release the detained citizen of Georgia.

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