Georgian ex-president’s family sends complaint to European Court of Human Rights

Georgian ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s mother Julie Alasaniya and head of staff for his release Georgiy Chaladze have said that a complaint on Saakashvili’s case has been sent to the European Court of Human Rights.

Chaladze noted that many complex actions are required to release Saakashvili and all these actions are “performed at the highest level” and will continue until the goal is achieved, according to Jam News.

“The most difficult thing is time — we must succeed while the president is alive,” Chaladze added.

Chaladze says that the defence demands restoration of rights and measures to preserve Saakashvili’s life.

The Consilium convened by the People’s Defender visited Saakashvili on April 2 at the Vivamed clinic and made an alarming conclusion about his health condition.

According to the conclusion, the patient’s condition has greatly worsened since February 19 (previous visit): he lost four kilograms, he has cachexia of the fourth degree, pronounced sarcopenia, and when he gets out of bed, the patient’s blood pressure decreases.

“If the weight loss continues, the third president of Georgia will be bedridden,” says the council.

Saakashvili’s family members and lawyers asked for a postponement of the sentence or exemption from punishment due to his health condition and appealed to the court with this petition. However, Saakashvili was not sentenced.

“Vivamed” clinic says that Saakashvili’s body mass index does not correspond to the parameters of treatment in intensive care.

Director of the clinic Nino Nadiradze said that if they decide to put Saakashvili in intensive care, they will definitely spread the information about it. However, at the press conference held on February 22, the doctors of the clinic did not deny that Saakashvili’s condition is serious – according to them, the patient suffers from general weakness, eats unbalanced food and continues to lose weight.