Doctors reported that Mikheil Saakashvili's health was deteriorating.

After visiting former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a Tbilisi clinic, a council of doctors noted a deterioration in his health. He continues to lose weight, and treatment is symptomatic.
The Georgian authorities still refuse to let Saakashvili go abroad for medical treatment, which was called for by human rights activists, the leaders of Ukraine, the United States, and European countries. “No one in Georgia will be above the law, including the convicted Saakashvili. He committed a number of crimes, and his guilt has been proven. The state is doing everything to ensure his health. The information about Saakashvili's state of health is incorrect, and the footage of the ex-president who has lost weight is "playing for the public," Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the day before at a conference in Munich.
On February 6, a court in Tbilisi refused to reprieve or release Mikheil Saakashvili. After that, the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party announced a boycott of the parliament and announced protests.
On October 1, 2021, Mikhail Saakashvili arrived from Ukraine to Georgia. He was arrested in one of the Tbilisi apartments on the basis of sentencing in absentia in two criminal cases. After that, he went on a hunger strike, which lasted 50 days. Under Georgian law, the ex-president must spend six years in prison.

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