TBILISI, DFWatch — Prosecutors in Georgia are preparing to press charges in several cases of prison abuse, based on a series of leaked videos which spurred a major scandal in September.
Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said at a press conference on Tuesday
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former government official seen by many as the main architect of the torture in Georgia’s prisons says he has returned after leaving the country shortly after the parliamentary election.
Bacho Akhalaia, who served as prison minister for three years, then defense minister for three
TBILISI, DFWatch — The unrest in Georgia’s prison system has spread to the most infamous facility in the country: Ksani prison north of Tbilisi.
At No 15 Facility, as it is officially called, thousands of prisoners have gone on hunger strike demanding that the recently appointed
The director of Rustavi prison has been suspended while allegations against him of abuse are under review. But the general inspection will not fully study the situation in this prison.
The prison in Rustavi, about 20 km south of the capital, started on Wednesday.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says there are signs of sabotage at No 16 prison in Rustavi. The prison minister says a criminal investigation may be launched against the director if there is proven that violence.
People with loved ones inside
TBILISI, DFWatch — Prisoners in a prison south of Tbilisi Wednesday protested, demanding the new director’s resignation.
Prisoners claim that the director Levan Aburjania, a former policeman, threatened them with torture.
Shortly before the new prison minister was approved by the new parliament,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Psychologists say juvenile prisoners are serving time under very bad conditions in Georgia.
Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) found out that juvenile prisoners were tortured last year.
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TBILISI, DFWatch — The prisoner whom the government claimed orchestrated the prisoner abuse videos has been released.
Tamaz Tamazashvili, the father-in-law of the likely candidate for new interior minister, was Wednesday released from prison.
When leaving prison Tamazashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch — The prison minister in Georgia says he will put together a monitoring group to let human rights activists and the media into facilities to check the conditions.
Apart from non-governmental organizations and the media, the monitoring group will also have
TBILISI, DFWatch — Groups on Sunday protested against the attack on a well-known Georgian writer who was beaten after participating in a TV debate about the publishing of the names of prison employees by a newspaper.
About 50 people gathered outside a police station