Friday, April 17, 2026

Young lawyers claim police used disproportionate force May 1

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Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association writes that the police used disproportionate force as it dispersed a May Day rally in Tbilisi. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) claims that the police used disproportionate force against participants of a peaceful demonstration on May 1.

The demonstration, organized by the youth group Laboratoria 1918 to mark the

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Georgia has as a high level of development

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The human development index (HDI) is a national average which hides large variations internally in a country, particularly when it comes to the Roma in southern Europe, UNDP writes. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Georgia is one of the countries that have a high level of human development.

This can be gleaned from the new Human Development Report 2013 — The Rise of the South: Human Progress in

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