Activist Temur Katamadze, who has been on hunger strike for the 46th day, says he feels weak and is already having difficulty moving, – Mariam Gabroshvili, a lawyer for the Young Lawyers Association, announced.
His lawyer says Temur Katamadze, despite the current condition, still refuses to be transferred to the clinic.
“Temur Katamadze, as he explains, already feels weak and also experiences difficulties in moving. We hope he will agree to be transferred to the clinic in the near future. No examination has been conducted on this person since February 15: he refused to undergo a medical examination, and after February 15, we have no information about his condition, except for the information he provides himself. Today, he says, he feels weak and is already having difficulty moving,” Gabroshvili said.
She further claimed that Katamadze is not being given enough time to receive with visitors at the temporary detention center, which she perceives as psychological pressure.
Activist Temur Katamadze is on hunger strike for the 46th day. He was initially detained by the police in Batumi on administrative charges, but after his release from prison, he was arrested again. At the second arrest, the police accused him of not having the right to live in Georgia.
Katamadze is a descendant of Georgian Muslims who were deported from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. In a letter to Batumelebi, he stated that he has lived in Georgia since 2012 but, despite multiple attempts, has been unable to obtain Georgian citizenship.
