Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Saakashvili in prison

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Lyudmila Denisova, will visit Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili in Rustavi Prison No.12 at 10:00 tomorrow, Denisova’s press office has reported. 

Saakashvili, who was arrested in Tbilisi on October 1, ahead of Georgia’s municipal elections, is a citizen of Ukraine and currently chairs the Ukrainian National Reforms Council. 

Denisova plans to check prison conditions and receive the information on Saakashvili’s health, who has been on hunger strike for 26 days. 

Saakashvili returned to Georgia after eight years in political exile to change the Georgian Dream government. 

He was convicted in Georgia in absentia back in 2018 for abuse of authority and was sentenced to six years in prison. 

He has also been charged with four other offences, including the illegal crossing of the border from Ukraine to Georgia. 

The Ukrainian government says they will use all measures to return Saakashvili back to Ukraine.