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Agenda.ge: Georgian opposition demands medical treatment of Saakashvili in private clinic

Published Nov. 7, 2021 at 10:25 am

This screengrab made from an handout video released by Georgia's Interior Ministry shows former Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili escorted by police officer as he was detained in Tbilisi on Oct. 1, 2021, following his arrest upon his return from exile ahead of local elections in the Caucasus country gripped by a protracted political crisis.

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Nika Melia, the chairman of the United National Movement opposition party, has given the government 24 hours to ensure the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili is moved from prison to a private clinic, as law enforcement made arrests at the opposition’s rally outside the detention facility in the city of Rustavi on Nov. 6.