TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, a crowd of demonstrators tried to move in on a public service building in Tbilisi as President Mikheil Saakashvili was inside attending the opening ceremony.
But police blocked the road and prevented people outraged over recent revelations
TBILISI, DFWatch – The first new story of prisoner abuse has surfaced after President Saakashvili began a major shakeup of Georgia’s prison system.
The attempt at “resetting” the prison reform comes after a wave of criticism following several videos showing
TBILISI, DFWatch – Student groups gathered outside of Gldani prison Friday, in a more scaled down protest against prisoner abuse than earlier in the week.
Organizers decided not to hold a mass rally on Friday to avoid provocation. They
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s new prison minister today visited Gldani prison accompanied by journalists. He said prisoners told him that the situation has changed to the positive the last two days.
Nino Zuriashvili, investigative journalist, said they observed
TBILISI, DFWatch – Anger is not abating in Georgia, after the second minister leaves because of revelations of prisoner abuse.
The largest crowd of demonstrators seen so far in this crisis swept through the central thoroughfare of Tbilisi Thursday evening,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The sixth video clip showing prisoner abuse was aired Thursday by TV9.
It seems to shows mentally ill persons who are inmates in Gldani prison and are being humiliated and forced to dance and sing.
Gldani prison is where the majority of torture