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Georgian hunger strike deserves Biden administration attention

By Tom Rogan
Published November 18, 2021 6:32pm ET
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Georgian hunger strike deserves Biden administration attention
Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Saakashvili was deported from Ukraine to Poland on Monday after being detained by armed, masked men at a restaurant in Kiev and rushed to the airport. | (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Enigmatic former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is in critical condition following 48 days of a hunger strike.

Georgian authorities have, thus far, refused to transfer the former president to a civilian hospital that is far better equipped to care for him. If he dies, it may portend Georgia’s enduring retreat into authoritarianism and cronyism.

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