In Georgia, nine MPs go on hunger strike in support of Saakashvili

This was reported by the Rustavi 2 TV channel.

It is noted that deputies Akaki Minashvili, Temur Dzhanashia, Bachuki Kardava, Nika Machutadze, Giorgi Godabrelidze, Sulkhan Sibashvili, Levan Bezhashvili, Abdulla Ismailov and David Kirkitadze have declared a hunger strike.

The parliamentarians demand that Saakashvili be transferred from a prison hospital to a civilian clinic.

Earlier in Tbilisi, Saakashvili's supporters held a rally in front of the parliament building demanding to transfer the politician from a prison hospital to a civilian clinic.

The ECHR refused to transfer Saakashvili to a private clinic.