Tag: Public Defender

Georgia

Public Defender: The police used excessive force during the arrest and detention of Aleko Elisashvili. He has bruises on his face and scratches that indicate a back injury as a result.  

Georgia

Giorgi Gakharia, former representative of the government: I did not hide like I do today. If there was a conflict, I was right on the front lines. I didn’t go out and party while people were harassed.  

Georgia

Public Defender: We urge the Ministry of Internal Affairs to refrain from using special means to disrupt peaceful assemblies or to target participants.  

Georgia

Ombudsman : It’s unacceptable when police overreach. When people aren’t punished for wrongdoings, it becomes even more brutal  

Georgia

Ombudsman : Physical violence is understatement. I saw a man with bruises on his face. This is cruelty. There is no justification to treat people this way.  

Georgia

Giorgi Gakharia, Public Defender does nothing about illegal detention of dozens of our team members. We can’t even find some of them.  

Georgia

Levan Ioseliani : If we don’t stop this process, there will be more violence in future rallies, and someone could die.  

Georgia

Public Defender: Law enforcement officers arrested anyone they could reach and abused detainees repeatedly in groups. There was a violation to the prohibition of torture and inhuman and humiliating treatment  

Georgia

Ombudsman: Representatives visited 11 people, 9 of whom had been detained. 2 couldn’t be interviewed because of multiple injuries. 9 cases of alleged mistreatment were identified. 3 of them concern journalists  

Georgia

Public Defender: I rely on the OSCE/ODIHR Report. Any other assessment on my part on how the elections were run would be incorrect since the Public Defender does not act as an observation organization  

Georgia

Public Defender claims Parliament is legitimate, but his team disagrees  

Georgia

Public Defender issues a statement in conjunction with protests planned in Tbilisi, November 24  

Georgia

Ombudsman : After people arrested at the protest, our representatives immediately began looking for them. They went to isolation cells and we have a protocol record for each case, response  

Georgia

Public Defender: When the Ministry of Internal Affairs began arresting participants of the Melikishvili Avenue rally, the rally was peaceful. It also met the standards of freedom of association.  

Georgia

The Constitutional Court will consider a lawsuit on the rights of victims of violence to abortion  

Georgia

Public Defender: Statements promoting stereotypes about people with mental illness have increased. We call on politicians not to make statements that reinforce stigma