President Mikheil Saakashvili (left) commended General Giorgi Kalandadze (right) on his service to the country, after the latter was released on bail, pending a trial for beating subordinates. He faces eight years in prison. (Video still from video published by Saakashvili.)
TBILISI, DFWatch — After being arraigned for crimes carrying a penalty of up to eight years in prison, general Giorgi Kalandadze is returning to his duties as head of the general headquarters.
November 7, he was detained together with the commander of the elite
TBILISI, DFWatch – The court system will be depoliticized, cumulative sentencing will be abolished and video recording at trials will be allowed under certain conditions.
This is the decision of te new government. An appropriate bill has been prepared.
TBILISI, DFWatch — The prosecutor’s office is considering to investigate the mayor of Tbilisi who feels offended that he wasn’t allowed to attend the government session on Friday, even though he didn’t have a right to attend.
Numerous prisoners claim that Bacho Akhalaia, a firm ally of President Saakashvili, is responsible for the abuse they were subjected to. He is now placed in a cell in Gldani prison, where most of the abuse has taken place. (IPN.)
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former minister and Saakashvili’s loyalist thought to have been engaged in prison abuse, will serve his seven week preliminary detention at Gldani prison, where most of the torture took place.
TBILISI, DFWatch — A visit by NATO’s Military Commission to Georgia has been postponed because of the detention of the head of the general headquarters November 7.
Alexi Petriashvili, State Minister for Euro and Euro Atlantic Integration, said this Friday. His source
TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi City Court has decided that Bacho Akhalaia is to be kept in pretrial detention until the next hearing in the case on December 25. Two military officers were released against a USD 12 000 bail each.
TBILISI, DFWatch — 29 members of parliament (MPs) have declared their support for a former government minister, claiming that the case is politically motivated and that testimonies presented by the prosecutor’s office are insufficient reason for detaining him.