International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) joins the appeal to an immediate release of Zaza Gakheladze and asks the international community to act faster to stop Russian aggression on people freedoms, the IHRC Chairman, Ambassador Muhammad Shahid Amin Khan, tweeted.

Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani believes “this provocation truly reflects Russia’s destructive plans for destabilization in Georgia. We appeal to the international community to take a strong stance for his immediate release,” FM tweeted.

International Human Rights Commission #IHRC as intergovernmental organization also joining the appeal to immediate release of Zaza #Gakheladze and asking international community to act faster to stop Russian aggression on people freedoms.

— Ambassador Dr. Muhammad Shahid Amin Khan (@DrMShahidAKhan) February 5, 2021

Earlier this week, Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison by the de facto Supreme Court of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.

Zaza Gakheladze, a local of Kvemo Chala village, Kaspi Municipality, was detained and wounded in his leg at Skhvilo Fortress on July 11. The occupied regime charged Gakheladze for an attempt to cross the so-called border illegally and for the attempted murder of a Russian soldier.