EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: EUR 56/07/92

Distr: UA/SC

4 December 1992

Further information on EXTRA 101/92 (EUR 56/06/92, 19 November 1992) - Fear of Imminent Execution

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA:Gia KHACHIRASHVILI

Amnesty International has learned that Gia Khachirashvili has been executed.

Georgian Minister of State for Abkhazian Affairs, Georgy Khaindrava, was quoted on 18 November 1992 as saying that Georgian citizen Gia Khachirashvili had been shot "recently" after being convicted of treason by a court martial.

FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send telegrams/express and airmail letters either in Russian, English or your own language:

- expressing regret at the execution of Gia Khachirashvili;

- urging that all those sentenced to death are granted the right of appeal to a court of higher jurisdiction, in line with internationally agreed human rights standards;

- expressing unconditional opposition to the death penalty in all cases as a violation to the right to life and the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

APPEALS TO:

1. Minister of Defence:

Tengiz Kitovani

Tbilisi

Republic of Georgia

Telegrams: Gruziya, Tbilisi, Minoborony, Kitovani T.

Salutation: Dear Minister

2. Minister of State for Abkhazian Affairs:

Georgy Kaindrava

Sukhumi

Abkhazia

Republic of Georgia

Telegrams: Gruziya, Abkhaziya, Sukhumi, Ministru, Khaindrava G.

Salutation: Dear Minister

3. Military Procurator of the Republic of Georgia:

Prokuratura Gruzii

Tbilisi

Republic of Georgia

Telegrams: Gruziya, Tbilisi, Prokuratura Gruzii

Salutation: Dear Military Procurator

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4. Military Commandant of Sukhumi:

Colonel Kornely Chaladze

Military Commandant of Sukhumi

Sukhumi

Abkhazia

Republic of Georgia

Telegrams: Gruziya, Abkhaziya, Sukhumi, Voenkomendantu Chaladze K.

Salutation: Dear Military Commandant

COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO:

Chairman of the State Committee for Human Rights and Ethnic Relations:

Alexander Kavsadze

7 p. Ingorovka Street

Tbilisi 380034

Republic of Georgia

Faxes: + 78832 997649

Minister of Justice of the Republic of Georgia:

Johny Khetsuriani

Rustaveli 30

Tbilisi

Republic of Georgia

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia:

Alexander Chikvaidze

Tbilisi

Republic of Georgia

Faxes: + 78832 997242

and to diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Georgia accredited to your country (in most instances Georgia's diplomatic interests are being handled by embassies of the Russian Federation).

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.