Tag: detainees’ rights

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Ombudsman asks for thorough investigation of death in detention

April 22, 2016 by DFWatch staff

ucha_nanuashvili — Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Defender has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate a death in preliminary detention.

The ombudsman’s statement reads that March 15, a person who was detained a day before died in a detention facility

Detainees's rights frequently violated, report finds

February 11, 2016 by DFWatch staff

guarilla_gardening_four_detained_Dec30-2014 — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new report suggests that a number of rights are violated when people are detained. They are not read their rights and have problems getting an interpreter and a lawyer during their first questioning.

These are the findings in a new