“It’s photographers”: photographer George Abdaladze in an open letter to deny his guilt of espionage

Photographer George Abdaladze, who was arrested by the police of Georgia, along with several colleagues on charges of spying and sent to the media statement said that he was ready to sacrifice themselves for the truth.

“Do not give in and prevent another injustice,” - writes Abdaladze of places of detention in an open letter to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, which spreads through social networks on the Internet.

Abdaladze denies charges of spying for Russia, and continues to “dry” hunger strike, announced as early as Thursday.

“Or I’ll go away and live right, or dead, but right! This is sobered Georgian media, the international community and our people”, - quotes RIA Novosti open letter to the photographer.

Assigning the cause of vulture “The Secret” and the closure process in connection with this is criticism from the media, NGOs and political organizations, which this week held the shares from the Interior Ministry. On appeal to the authorities to observe democratic principles made Reporters Without Borders.

Earlier, the Georgian Interior Ministry circulated a video from confessions of personal photographer of President Saakashvili Irakli Gedenidze. On it he says that the money handed over by other detainees, the European press photographer photo agency EPA Zurab Kurtsikidze information associated with a president who does not respect his professional activities. Kurtsikidze pleaded not guilty.

The fourth detainee - Natia Gedenidze Gedenidze wife was released on bail of 10 thousand GEL, after acknowledging his guilt. The court took into account that it has a permanent place of residence, and two young children.

Recall, the representative of the European Photo Agency EPAv Zurab Kurtsikidze, the photographer’s press-service of President’s Administration Irakli Gedenidze, his wife, photographer Natia Gedenidze and photographer George Abdaladze, who worked under contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, were arrested on the night of July 7, counter-intelligence department of the Georgian Interior Ministry.

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