The protest was held in Rome at the Russian Embassy in Italy in demand of the release of Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili.

Georgian citizens living in Italy arrived at the Russian Embassy with Georgian flags and posters and performed the Georgian national anthem.

“At the Russian Embassy we are protesting the detention of Vazha Gaprindashvili on the occupied territory of Tskhinvali. We share his view that the occupied territories of Georgia do not belong to Russia and we condemn the Russian occupation”, - said one of the protesters.

Father Ioane was also involved in organizing the rally in Rome.

Vazha Gaprindashvili who was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality, was sent to two-month pretrial detention, on November 15.