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Georgian Dies in Custody in Abkhazia
Irakli Kvaratskhelia, a 29-year-old Georgian citizen, died under unclear circumstances in his native Gali district of Abkhazia shortly after his detention, raising doubts in Tbilisi that the man was beaten to death. The State Security Service, Georgia’s domestic counter-intelligence, was first to announce Kvaratskhelia’s death on March 12, citing information provided by Sokhumi through the …