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‘I had no doubts that you were innocent’ – Mikheil Saakashvili met Gigi Kalandadze
01 August, 2013
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The President of Georgia congratulated General Gigi Kalandadze on being found not guilty by the court. As Mikheil Saakashvili stated during a meeting with Kalandadze at the Presidential palace, regrettably, Kalandadze and others found not guilty today, wasted their time for 9 months. Saakashvili also spoke about Kalandadze’s role in 2008 august war.
Bacho Akhalaia and 7 other people were declared not guilty of inhuman treatment of soldiers and restriction freedom of Zviad Abesadze. Two out of the 8 defendants, Aleksandre Gorgadze and Zurab Shamatava were sentenced to 140 days of public labor for one of the instances of the case, abusing Paata Paatashvili, though as the article was included in the amnesty and the punishment was abolished for both defendants.

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