Vivamedi director says activist Temur Katamadze called off hunger strike

Activist Temur Katamadze has ended hunger strike on the 48th day. Zurab Chkhaidze, the clinical director of the Vivamedi clinic, told InterPressNews.

He is being treated at the Vivamedi clinic.

“Gafar Yilmaz was admitted to our clinic yesterday evening. He underwent the necessary tests and was placed in the therapeutic ward. We explained to him about the expected complications and I have good information that he fully understood what a 48-day hunger strike would entail, and he ended his hunger strike,” Chkhaidze noted.

Activist Temur Katamadze was initially detained by the police in Batumi under administrative rules, but after his release, he was arrested again. During his second arrest, the police accused Temur Katamadze of not having the right to live in Georgia.