Kvemo Barghebi

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Kvemo Barghebi
Abkhazian: Аладаҭәы Барҕьаҧ
Georgian: ქვემო ბარღები
Kvemo Barghebi is located in Abkhazia
Kvemo Barghebi
Kvemo Barghebi
Coordinates: 42°33′07″N 41°36′35″E / 42.55194°N 41.60972°E / 42.55194; 41.60972Coordinates: 42°33′07″N 41°36′35″E / 42.55194°N 41.60972°E / 42.55194; 41.60972
CountryGeorgia
Partially recognized stateAbkhazia[1]
DistrictGali
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,677
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Kvemo Barghebi (Georgian: ქვემო ბარღები; Abkhazian: Аладаҭәы Барҕьаҧ) is a village in Gali Municipality of Georgia. As is the case in the rest of the district its population is almost exclusively Georgian.

History[]

In March 1995, the Abkhaz militias from the neighboring Ochamchira district raided Kvemo Barghebi, beat prisoners with rods, burned them with hot knives and bayonets, stabbed them and set their bodies on fire. The Abkhaz militia killed 28 persons, most of whom were tortured to death.[2] In the following years, the Amnesty International and Georgia's Ombudsman's office accused the Abkhaz militia of several arbitrary detentions of ethnic Georgian villagers and other human rights abuses.[3][4]

In 2007, the head of the village, ethnic Georgian Fridon Chakaberia was arrested by Georgian authorities when he came to Zugdidi, charged with trafficking of drugs and sentenced to 10 years of prison. According to the Georgian opposition TV channel Imedi Chakaberia was convicted only because he was the official of Abkhazian government.[5] Abkhazian officials also denied that he was guilty of any crimes and maintained that he was a political prisoner. Higher Georgian court later changed his sentence to 5 years probation and Chakaberia was able to return to Abkhazia and assume his duties.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
  2. ^ Georgia Human Rights Practices, 1995. The U.S. Department of State, March 1996.
  3. ^ Georgia: Summary of Amnesty International's concerns. Amnesty International, 1998.
  4. ^ Report on the Violations of Human Rights in the Conflict Zones. Georgia's Ombudsman's report/Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. October 4, 2007.
  5. ^ Civil.ge, Альтернативная версия задержания П. Чакаберия от телекомпании «Имеди» (Imedi's alternative version of the release of Fridon Chakaberia), 19.03.07 (in Russian)
  6. ^ Official site of the president of Abkhazia, Georgia released Fridon Chakaberia Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, 23.04.2007
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