Giorgi Chikvaidze, Irakli Papiashvili, and Anzor Kvaratskhelia, who are convicted of embezzlement of large sums of money, have begun a hunger strike.

Chikvaidze's mother, Eka Tsereteli, made the above statement on social media.

As Chikvaidze's mother, Eka Tsereteli writes on social media, the reason for the hunger strike was “an act tantamount to torture - due to the lack of food, subsequent coercion and threats made by a prison employee.”

“Hunger strike in prison! 5 minutes ago, a representative of the Public Defender’s Office contacted me. He informed me that all three members in cell 84 at the 8th facility of Gldani Prison have started a hunger strike. Giorgi Chikvaidze, Irakli Papiashvili, Anri Kvaratskhelia. The reason was an act tantamount to torture, due to the lack of food, then coercion, as if they had requested it themselves, and threats made against them today by a prison employee, someone named Giorgi, who told them: “I’ll make you remember me,” - Lia Tsereteli writes on the social network.