Sokhumi Reports One-Year Sentence for Georgian Citizen Over ‘Illegal Border Crossing’
The so-called prosecutor general’s office of occupied Abkhazia said Georgian citizen Giorgi Tsatava was sentenced to one year in a penal colony by a court in Gali, which found him guilty of “illegally crossing the state border” from Tbilisi-controlled territory. The verdict was delivered on May 19 by judge K.N. Lasuria.
According to the de facto agency, Tsatava crossed into Abkhazia from Tbilisi-controlled territory on August 12, 2025, by wading through the Enguri River, was detained on April 15, 2026, and placed the same day in the temporary detention facility in Gali.
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) has yet to comment on the reported verdict.
In its 2025 annual report, the SSSG said 40 cases of illegal detention were recorded in occupied Abkhazia during the year. The report added that, by the end of 2025, 15 Georgian citizens remained in illegal custody in the occupied territories.
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