Samegrelo. On September 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report to the local non-governmental and international organizations in the city of Zugdidi about the socio-economic and security situations of people living along the dividing line between Samegrelo and Abkhazia.

''The village of Khurcha of the Zugdidi municipality borders the village of Nabakevi of the Gali district. The village has been directly affected by violent conflicts several times. Khurcha is the only village on the other side of the Enguri River, which is controlled by Georgia. The Georgian police checkpoint is located at the beginning of the village and this creates safety problems for the rural population. A clear example of this was the murder of 22-year-old G.O. at the Khurcha-Nabakevi checkpoint on May 19, 2016. The Public Defender considers it important that the case be quickly and efficiently investigated through cooperation between the parties and the offender be punished, which would strengthen the sense of safety of the local population and create an important precedent of cooperation'', is noted in the statement.

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