Levan Ioseliani, whose role is to defend citizens’ rights, said he and his officials had met people subjected to ‘the harshest treatment’ by police in Tbilisi
Police block a street to stop protesters rallying against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Dec. 3.Georgia’s public ombudsman accused police on Tuesday of inflicting torture on people arrested during six days of big street protests against the government’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.
“The location, character, and degree of the injuries create a credible impression that the police use violent methods against citizens in order to punish them. Intentional, severe violence for the purpose of punishment constitutes an act of torture.” The country of 3.7 million people has been gripped by crisis since last Thursday, when Georgian Dream announced it was halting the EU talks and renouncing any funding from the bloc until 2028.
In a setback for critics of the government, Georgia’s constitutional court on Tuesday declined to hear a lawsuit seeking to annul the results of an Oct. 26 parliamentary election. It was officially won by Georgian Dream with almost 54 per cent of the vote but the opposition says it was tainted by fraud.
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