Mikheil Saakashvili re-arrested in Ukraine

Mikheil Saakashvili was re-arrested in Ukraine, four days after his supporters freed him from a police van.

Mikheil Saakashvili was re-arrested in Ukraine, four days after his supporters freed him from a police van.

The former President of Georgia has gone on hunger strike in a Ukrainian detention centre, according to his lawyer.

He says the charges against him are politically motivated.

Al Jazeera’s Peter Sharp reports.