Stateless Ex-President of Georgia Goes on Hunger Strike in Ukrainian Jail

 Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on a hunger strike after he was taken into Ukrainian custody, his lawyer said after meeting him at a detention center on Saturday.


"He has declared the start of a hunger strike," Ruslan Chernolutskiy told the crowd outside the detention facility where the politician is being held.

The lawyer said his defendant would object to force-feeding and would continue striking if a court decides to keep him behind bars for 60 days.

"He says he has nothing to do with this false case and is asking Ukrainians not to believe the information and propaganda spread as part of this persecution," the lawyer added.

A pre-trail hearing this weekend is likely to set bail conditions for the recaptured opposition politician, a spokeswoman for the prosecution said Saturday. Nevertheless, house arrest for the ex-Georgian president is not unlikely.

"Prosecutors will ask the court to put the detained Saakashvili under house arrest and have him wear an electronic bracelet as a preventative measure," spokeswoman Larisa Sargan said on Facebook
  [sputniknews.com]
 9/12/17
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