NA few weeks later Hunger strike The imprisoned former President of Georgia and opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili has been transferred to the prison hospital. Soon after the news broke, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi on Monday night to demonstrate for Saakashvili’s release.
According to an AFP reporter, about 40,000 people gathered in the central square of the capital of Georgia under the call of “Saakashvili”. Nika Melia, leader of Saakashvili’s multinational party party, spoke of the beginning of a “large-scale and prolonged protest movement.”This will only stop when the former president is released and released early New election Will be called out. Hundreds of police officers took up positions in front of the Tbilisi government building, while demonstrators marched towards the headquarters of the head of government.
Doctor worried about complications
Law enforcement authorities stated that after 39 days of hunger strike, Saakashvili was sent to the prisoner’s medical facility to “prevent his health from deteriorating.” After the examination, the doctor recommended an emergency transfer to a fully equipped clinic, otherwise the opposition leader may face “complications.”
According to Georgian human rights official Nino Lomjaria, the placement of the detention center does not meet the requirements of the examining doctor. For weeks, Saakashvili’s supporters have been demanding that he be released or at least placed in a civilian hospital instead of a prison hospital.
Privelli TV reported that the prisoners in the prison hospital instigated a “uproar” after the former president was admitted to the hospital. They insulted Saakashvili loudly, and Saakashvili led a campaign against organized crime during his presidency.
After eight years of exile, Saakashvili returned to Georgia in early October and was immediately arrested. During his presidency from 2004 to 2013, he followed a pro-Western curriculum. In 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for alleged abuse of power.
Saakashvili, who now holds Ukrainian citizenship, denies that the accusation is politically motivated. He went on a hunger strike immediately after his arrest.
The Georgian Secret Service accused Saakashvili of planning a coup in prison. MNE regarded it as a “fairy tale” and refused to accept it. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili recently angered Saakashvili, saying that Saakashvili “has the right to commit suicide.”
