00:23Georgia: Footage of helicopter flying over Rustavi prison with Saakashvili thought to be on board
Ruptly has obtained footage of the helicopter allegedly used to transport former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili out of Rustavi prison to a prison hospital on Monday.
According to media reports with reference to the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service, the ex-president was transferred to the Gldani Prison Hospital, located in colony No. 18, after the decision of the doctors' council.
Saakashvili's lawyer Nika Gvaramia called the situation regarding the removal of the ex-president from prison "an abduction" on his Facebook page
"None of his human rights defenders, no family member, no doctor, and no public defender knows about his condition and location," Gvaramia said.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova said Saakashvili had no intention of moving to prison hospital in colony No. 18, despite his deteriorating health condition, as he "believes that it is not safe for his life there."
Saakashvili was detained on 1 October. He had previously been placed on the domestic wanted list for the murder of banker Sandro Girgvliani and the beating of MP Valery Gelashvili, for which he was sentenced in absentia to three and six years' imprisonment respectively.
While in jail, Saakashvili went on hunger strike, describing himself as a political prisoner.
On November 6 the Georgian Justice Ministry's Special Penitentiary Service published footage on Facebook showing Saakashvili eating food surrounded by doctors.
00:23Ruptly has obtained footage of the helicopter allegedly used to transport former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili out of Rustavi prison to a prison hospital on Monday.
According to media reports with reference to the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service, the ex-president was transferred to the Gldani Prison Hospital, located in colony No. 18, after the decision of the doctors' council.
Saakashvili's lawyer Nika Gvaramia called the situation regarding the removal of the ex-president from prison "an abduction" on his Facebook page
"None of his human rights defenders, no family member, no doctor, and no public defender knows about his condition and location," Gvaramia said.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova said Saakashvili had no intention of moving to prison hospital in colony No. 18, despite his deteriorating health condition, as he "believes that it is not safe for his life there."
Saakashvili was detained on 1 October. He had previously been placed on the domestic wanted list for the murder of banker Sandro Girgvliani and the beating of MP Valery Gelashvili, for which he was sentenced in absentia to three and six years' imprisonment respectively.
While in jail, Saakashvili went on hunger strike, describing himself as a political prisoner.
On November 6 the Georgian Justice Ministry's Special Penitentiary Service published footage on Facebook showing Saakashvili eating food surrounded by doctors.