DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – The Public Defender’s Office informs that several prisoners at facility No 15 in Mtskheta near Tbilisi have gone on hunger strike to show solidarity with victims of torture.
According to the ombudsman’s rapporteurs, prisoners went on hunger
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prison employees who committed torture and humiliating abuse in a Tbilisi prison are still going to work as normal, inmates say.
Prisoners at Gldani prison told this to journalists who were let in. They named the names of specific persons who have
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
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s new prison minister today visited Gldani prison accompanied by journalists. He said prisoners told him that the situation has changed to the positive the last two days.
Nino Zuriashvili, investigative journalist, said they observed
TBILISI, DFWatch – The sixth video clip showing prisoner abuse was aired Thursday by TV9.
It seems to shows mentally ill persons who are inmates in Gldani prison and are being humiliated and forced to dance and sing.
Gldani prison is where the majority of torture
The European Union Wednesday issued a statement regarding the ongoing scandal surrounding prisoner abuse in Georgia:
“The EU Delegation is shocked by the appalling footage of abuses committed against inmates in Gldani prison. It is of vital importance that these
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili Thursday appointed the public defender as prison minister.
Former prison minister Khatuna Kalmakhelidze resigned yesterday amidst a scandal spurred by the release of five videos showing prisoners being beaten
TBILISI, DFWatch – Davit Akobia, former employee at Gldani prison — also known as Prison No 8 — was this morning arrested on the border with Armenia. He has been mentioned as one of the persons behind video footage showing torture of prisoner.
The Prosecutor’s Office
TBILISI, DFWatch – Wednesday morning Georgia’s prison minister resigned after scandalous footage of prisoners torture was published in the media and through the internet.
Tens and hundreds of thousand have protested all over Georgia, demanding the resignation of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a new video clip of prisoner torture in Georgia, an underage prisoner is shown being sodomized by prison guards.
The clip was aired today on the opposition channel TV9. It shows an underage prisoner (meaning under 18 years) being physically and