Prisoners in Rustavi prison have gone on hunger strike in protest against cruel treatment by staff.
The new director at Rustavi Prison Number 16 has been implicated in cruel treatment of prisoners, as have some of his staff.
Representatives of Georgian Young
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 — 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
TBILISI, DFWatch — Protests continue after a Georgian newspaper published the names of employees at a prison scandalized by revelations of torture.
On Saturday evening, a well-known writer who has been engaging in the protests was attacked and beaten.
Asaval-Dasavali,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s prison ministry informs that a suicide might have taken place at No 18 prison hospital.
The body of a prisoner was found in the bathroom of the prison hospital September 5. The cause of death was hanging.
The prisoner had been placed in the
TBILISI, DFWatch — One of Georgia’s most popular newspapers on Wednesday revealed the identity of guards working in a controversial prison where serious abuse was revealed two weeks ago.
The list shows the names, address and date of birth of prison guards and employees working at
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) says the use of administrative detention recently has a political background.
GYLA thinks 23 cases of administrative detention between 21. and 24. August are suspicios. The persons who have been
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office Wednesday reported that it had arrested the twelfth person so far for involvement in prison torture after a series of videos one week ago documented physical and sexual abuse by staff against inmates.
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