Eleven minors including one child with disabilities have been removed from the Ninotsminda boarding school and placed in a different facility, Georgian Health Ministry reported on Sunday.

“The State Care Agency continues to monitor the process. The Agency has found other alternative forms of care for minors, including family-like foster care and reintegration to their biological families,” Ministry stated.

The Tbilisi City Court said on June 5 in a temporary order that children with disabilities should be removed from the Ninotsminda boarding school. The Ministry of Health and the State Care Agency were instructed to place children with disabilities in other state care institutions.

The Court ruling came after NGO Partnership for Human Rights applied to the Court earlier this week, arguing that the children’s lives and health were in danger and demanded their removal from the Ninotsminda boarding school.

Earlier today, Patriarchate announced to appeal Court ruling, saying “the court did not present relevant evidence of ill-treatment and violence against minors living in the boarding school.”

Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria believes the court ruling clearly indicates the real risk and danger that exists in the facility in terms of the protection of children’s rights.