In the Tbilisi City Court, on November 10, it began to consider the case of the former president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili. Saakashvili passes the accused of overclocking the opposition rally in November 2007. Then the police applied special needs against demonstrators, several hundred people were injured.
At the first meeting of the court of Saakashvili, which was under arrest, was not allowed. As the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia announced, such a decision was made to ensure the security of the former president.
“Saakashvili stopped the treatment, and its translation to the trial and presence represent an additional risk to his health,” the TASS quotes the statement of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.
Saakashvili on October 1 was arrested in Georgia, where he returned after 8 years of emigration. Former president after arrest declared a hunger strike. On the 39th day of the hunger strike, he was transferred to the prison hospital, but Saakashvili refused medical care.
In addition, Interfax reports, Georgian authorities indicated that Saakashvili supporters could try to prevent his staging to court, thereby creating a threat to public security.
Georgian Ministry of Justice initially advocated the process over Saakashvili for security reasons held in remote format.