Tag: Ministry of Internal Affairs

Georgia

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ information, 7 people have been arrested for the fact of organizing, leading, and participating in a group violence in connection with protests.  

Georgia

Aleko Elisashvili has been arrested  

Georgia

GYLA: Institutions of the State are Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity  

Georgia

Giorgi Vashadze says we must reach a point where not only do we continue the protest but also cause general non-obedience, and a strike in Georgia  

Georgia

The lawyer said that some of the detainees were beaten again.  

Georgia

Nona Kurdovanidze says that the state should make public what substance is mixed in the water used to disperse demonstrators. Without this information, the treatment of citizens will be complicated.  

Georgia

Civil Society Foundations Call for an End to Police Violence  

Georgia

Giorgi Gakharia : We have a reasonable belief that the people who are behind the masks are members of informal group and are not affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We urge you to remove these criminals’ masks  

Georgia

Kobakhidze on Protests and the “Failed Maidan”, and his Hopes for a “Complete Reset with US  

Georgia

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : The use excessive and disproportionate violence against demonstrators and media in Georgia is extremely concerning  

Georgia

Water jets are used to disperse protesters in front of Parliament  

Georgia

GYLA: the decision to break up a rally on December 2 and 3 was still illegal. Demonstrators were chased, verbally attacked, violently detained, and gas canisters fired from the roof were used.  

Georgia

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs civil activist Dodi Kharkheli is not in custody and her questioning “takes place within the context of an ongoing investigation of a criminal case”.  

Georgia

Irakli Kobakhidze says “Natsmaidan”, which failed, was a failure because the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not act according to the same standard as the American or European ones.  

Georgia

UN Human Rights Chief Turk calls on Georgian authorities to protect rights to freedom of assembly and expression  

Georgia

After the special forces cleared out the perimeter around parliament, some demonstrators moved into the area near Rustaveli Metro station and continued their protest.