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Reuters: Georgian president says Saakashvili is special prisoner but won’t be pardoned

Published Nov. 4, 2021. Updated Nov. 4 at 11:44 am

People hold banners and wave flags during a rally in the city of Zugdidi, about 300 km from the capital Tbilisi, on Oct. 27, 2021, to demand the release from jail of their ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili.

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MOSCOW – Jailed former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is on hunger strike, cannot be pardoned and his health condition should not cause political turmoil, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Nov. 3, Interfax news agency reported.