The United States on Thursday (November 18) urged Georgia to provide humane treatment to the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili. According to reports, he has been on a hunger strike for several weeks and is currently in critical condition.
“We urge the Georgian government to treat Mr. Saakashvili with fairness and dignity,” State Department spokesperson Ned Rice said.
“We also strongly urge the Georgian government to ensure that Mr. Saakashvili can attend court hearings in all pending criminal cases in accordance with international law.”
After returning from exile in Ukraine, Saakashvili, who refused to eat for 49 days in protest of imprisonment, was transferred to the prison hospital due to his deteriorating health.
You tell us @Saakashvili Under the leadership of this government, could there be a fair trial in Georgia? The video shows the third president of Georgia being violently transferred to another prison.
I call on my friends in geography to request that Saakashvili be transferred to another country for a fair trial (if necessary). now. pic.twitter.com/cBi3vt7M0y-Yegor Kuroptev (@ESK001) November 11, 2021
On Wednesday, the medical committee established by the inspector Nino Lomjaria (Nino Lomjaria) said after inspecting Saakashvili that his “current condition is assessed as critical” and that he is in the “near future”. Face the risk of fatal complications.
The 53-year-old pro-Western reformer said he was beaten by prison guards in prison and worried about his life.
International human rights organizations condemned what happened to Saakashvili and called it political revenge.
The United States and the European Court of Human Rights reiterated this call, and several opposition lawmakers also went on a hunger strike for several days, demanding that Saakashvili be provided with appropriate medical services.
