Daily Archives: September 22, 2012

Looking for loved ones in the prison of shame

By | September 22nd, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Galina Nemsitsveridze waited outside the entrance hall of Gldani prison on Friday, like hundreds of other people trying to see their sons and husbands. Galina’s son was suspected of sexually abusing his future wife together with two persons and put […]

Police beat and arrested demonstrators

By | September 22nd, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, a crowd of demonstrators tried to move in on a public service building in Tbilisi as President Mikheil Saakashvili was inside attending the opening ceremony. But police blocked the road and prevented people outraged over recent revelations […]

Prisoner said he was beaten after shakeup

By | September 22nd, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The first new story of prisoner abuse has surfaced after President Saakashvili began a major shakeup of Georgia’s prison system. The attempt at “resetting” the prison reform comes after a wave of criticism following several videos showing […]

Students gather outside Gldani prison

By | September 22nd, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Student groups gathered outside of Gldani prison Friday, in a more scaled down protest against prisoner abuse than earlier in the week. Organizers decided not to hold a mass rally on Friday to avoid provocation.  They […]