Friday, December 5, 2025

Hepatitis C infested prison in Georgia closed due to bad climate

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Deputy Prison Minister Giga Giorgadze. (Ministry photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prison Ministry in Georgia is considering closing the women’s prison, where new figures showed that 17 % of inmates are hepatitis C positive.

The prisoners in Rustavi women’s facility will be transferred to another facility, but it is still

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Hunger strike over in Georgian women's prison

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Eka Beselia, chair of the parliamentary committee on human rights. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The hunger strike at Rustavi women’s prison is over. Prisoners of No 5 prison facility in Rustavi, a town 20 km south of the capital, had been on hunger strike for two days demanding to get their sentences reduced.

Wednesday, Eka Beselia, chair

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