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Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was abducted in the center of Tbilisi in May 2017 and handed over to the Azerbaijani authorities, has been granted victim status in his suit against Georgian law enforcement agencies, JAMnews said.

Mukhtarli is known for his harsh criticism of the Azerbaijani leadership and after being kidnapped he served almost three years in an Azerbaijani prison.

The charges in the case under investigation have also been changed; earlier the investigation was carried out under the article on unlawful deprivation of liberty, while now the article has been changed to imprisonment by a group of persons by prior conspiracy – article 143, part 3 of the Criminal Code of Georgia. The crime is punishable by imprisonment for seven-ten years, JAMnews reported.