TBILISI, October 9 – Georgia’s Public Defender has rejected a claim by the lawyer of prisoner Giorgi Davitadze that an ombudsman representative advised him against undergoing a forensic examination. In a statement Friday, the Public Defender’s Office said the lawyer’s account was false and urged Davitadze’s side to stop spreading what it described as misinformation … Read more
JAMnews is playing the 2012 card again. A prisoner alleges sexual abuse by guards in a de-escalation cell last December. That claim requires a full, independent investigation. Full stop. Anyone who committed a crime should face consequences. What does not require another round of national trauma theater is treating this single unresolved allegation as signs … Read more
TBILISI, October 6 – A prisoner of Rustavi prison No. 6 who claims he was physically abused has begun a hunger strike as a sign of protest. Giorgi Davitadze, who claims he was sexually abused in December 2025, swallowed three metal objects last weekend, and refuses medical treatment. His mother, Irma Davitadze, said Monday that … Read more
TBILISI, October 5 – Georgian prisoner Giorgi Davitadze swallowed several unidentified small objects on Sunday and is refusing transfer to a clinic. The incident occurred as part of a protest against the treatment of fellow inmates who supported him, the Public Defender’s Office said in a statement on Monday. Representatives of the Public Defender visited … Read more
TBILISI, August 2 – A Georgian court has approved a psychiatric evaluation for activist Nino Datashvili, who has been in pre-trial detention since June 20, 2025, on charges of assaulting a public official during a protest earlier that month. The decision to order the evaluation, made at the request of the prosecutor’s office, has triggered … Read more