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Detained Animal-Rights Activist Elizbarashvili Declares Hunger Strike

| Georgia Crisis

Tamaz Elizbarashvili, held in pretrial detention since Sept. 4 on a threats charge stemming from a restaurant dispute with pro-government media figures, announced in a letter to TV Pirveli that he was beginning an 'uncompromising' hunger strike against what he called ongoing persecution.

Elizbarashvili has been held in pretrial detention since early September
Elizbarashvili has been held in pretrial detention since early September — OC Media