We have no right to torture and kill Saakashvili, the fourth president of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, told Deutsche Welle.

According to Margvelashvili, the government of Georgia, which is very strongly dependent on Russia, is basically realizing the threat that Putin started years ago.

"Several competent independent commissions, including the US, are monitoring Mikheil Saakashvili's condition, and all of them have stated that he has serious health problems. Problems that cannot be solved if he remains imprisoned. They state unequivocally that he has metals in his body, which shows that he may have been poisoned. All this leads to the need to take him out of prison and give him normal treatment.

I have been critical of him throughout my political career, but I think these are the details that we need to consider. He may be doing something wrong or there were things he broke, but we don't have the right to torture and kill him. We must protect human life, whether you like him politically or not. I think this is a very strong damage to our national identity. Georgia was the first country to be attacked by Russian aggression, with the new aggressive policy that Putin basically announced in 2007, we were the first victims. Saakashvili stood up to Putin's aggression, and now, the government of Georgia, which is very strongly dependent on Russia, is basically realizing the threat that Putin made years ago," Margvelashvili said.

*The quotes in the article have been double-translated from Georgian and wordings may be inaccurate.