Former Georgia President Saakashvili moved to jail hospital weeks into hunger strike
The Hindu
Saakashvili, 53, was arrested on Oct. 1 this year after returning to Georgia on the eve of local elections to rally the opposition, in what he described as a mission to save the country.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was transferred to a prison hospital on Monday,authorities said, just over five weeks after he declared a hunger strike in jail.
Saakashvili, 53, was arrested on Oct. 1 this year after returning to Georgia on the eve of local elections to rally the opposition, in what he described as a mission to save the country.
He was jailed in the town of Rustavi, south of the capital Tbilisi, where he declared a hunger strike.
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