TBILISI, DFWatch – The prison ministry on Thursday reported that a prisoner has died at No 18 hospital.
According to the ministry, the prisoner was convicted on June 19, 2012, for possession and sale of drugs.
The cause of death is given as heart attack, the most
TBILISI, DFWatch – Human rights campaigners in Georgia are organizing a hungerstrike among prisoners in connection with the election for parliament.
Organizers are the groups ‘Political Prisoners against the Dictate of Five’, ‘For Protection of Human Rights’
TBILISI, DFWatch – There is still no confirmation of an alleged raid of a prison in Tbilisi Friday night. In the meantime, one more prisoner has been confirmed dead.
The Prison Ministry confirmed a second death at Geguti prison. Again, the cause of death was heart
TBILISI, DFWatch – Shortly after rumours of a raid inside the largest prison in the country, Georgia’s Prison Ministry reports of yet another prisoner death. The Patriarch calls on prison directors to treat inmates with more respect.
The Ministry of Corrections
TBILISI, DFWatch – Friday evening there was a rush of postings on Facebook and Internet forums saying that a special unit had raided the prison in Gldani, in northern Tbilisi, beaten the prisoners, resulting on two deaths.
It started Friday evening when two Facebook
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prisoners in Georgia are getting support from democracy campaigners who protested outside one of the most infamous prisons.
Non-governmental organizations protested against prisoner abuse in No. 15 detention facility in Ksani at the hands of
TBILISI, DFWatch – The ombudsman in Georgia Tuesday asked the chief prosecutor to investigate suspected cases of prisoner mistreatment at Ksani prison.
The plea came after some of the ombudsman’s inspectors met hundreds of prisoners in that prison on June 22
TBILISI, DFWatch – Several groups in Georgia Tuesday demonstrated against ongoing torture in the country’s prisons.
140 prisoners died in prison during 2011 year, 40 percent of them had injuries on their body.
The number of suspected cases of mistreatment gets longer
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s ombudsman is reporting another case of mistreatment of a prisoners and asks the prosecutor to investigate the cases.
The Public Defender writes that his team visited Manuchar Akhvlediani, Irakli Chantralze and Irakli Dundia, who are
TBILISI, DFWatch – A prisoner in Georgia says he was sexually abused by prison staff and later told he would be killed if he told the outside world about it.
In a letter dated February 24, the prisoner asks for help and wants to be transferred to another prison.