Decision on Extradition Will Be Made in Accordance with Georgian Laws and the Minsk Agreement

(Tbilisi, November 27, 2002, Civil Georgia) Decision on Chechens, arrested by the Georgian border guards in August, will be made in accordance with the Georgian laws and the Minsk Agreement – representative of the Georgian Justice Ministry told Civil Georgia on November 27.

Giorgi Tskrialashvili, Deputy Justice Minister, told journalists that these persons, who currently are in preliminary detention in Tbilisi, will be informed about decision of the Georgian authorities concerning their extradition, so they will have a possibility to appeal.

As the deputy minister has explained,  the prisoners have right to appeal the decision of the Prosecutor General first at the regional court and then at the Supreme Court of Georgia. 

“The Ministry of Justice of Georgia has received a telephonogramme from the European Court of Human Rights, concerning withdrawal of the recommendation on suspension of extradition of these Chechens, who have violated the state border, to Russia” – Tskrialashvili said.

The deputy minister also said that the Georgian side will soon receive the original text of the Court’s communiqu?, containing argumentation of the decision.

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