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Georgian Fury at Prison Torture
Georgia’s parliamentary election race has been thrown wide open by graphic film footage of prisoners being abused in jail, which has done serious damaging the ruling party’s chances of victory.
The video footage, which some are calling “Georgia’s Abu Ghraib”, was broadcast on opposition-leaning television channels on September 18. It showed prisoners being beaten and sexually assaulted in the Gldani Prison.
Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi this week to express their anger at the brutality, and the government is struggling to regain the initiative before the October 1 election.
“What we saw in the pictures was sickening. The government and the president personally must answer for it,” Nino Kvaratskhelia, one of demonstrators in Tbilisi, said. “A government which has allowed this to happen in prisons must be held to account,”
President Mikheil Saakashvili expressed his shock and revulsion at the prison abuse in a special video message.
“Everyone who organised or implemented of this, whoever did this and whoever allowed it, deserves the harshest punishment,” he said.
Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaia resigned, saying he felt he bore a moral responsibility for these “horrible practices”.
Akhalaia’s resignation
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Justice minister lacks law degree, some claim
Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani. (DFWatch photo.)
TBILISI, DFWatch–A debate is brewing in Georgia about the credentials of the new justice minister, as Thea Tsulukiani’s opponents claim that she doesn’t have a law degree.
Her supporters in the governing Georgian Dream coalition claim she has a diploma, but received it abroad. The minister herself has not commented except from promising to answer all questions in the next few days.
The debate started a few days ago with an interview with Goga Khachidze, a member of President Saakashvili’s party United National Movement (UNM). He questioned whether Tsulukiani really has a law diploma from university.
In 2012, when Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili presented his new cabinet, the appointment of Tsulukiani received positive feedback even among the government’s opponents, due to her extensive background and experience in the field of law.
The Justice Ministry website describes all the minister’s achievements chronologically, starting with her graduation from Tbilisi State University (TSU), Faculty of International Law and International Relations.
The interview with Khachidze was followed by a report on Channel 1 dedicated to scrutinizing the min
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Goga Khachidze
Georgian politician
Giorgi (Goga) Khachidze (Georgian: გიორგი ხაჩიძე; dropped 9 Feb 1974) legal action a Caucasian politician who served similarly the Track of Conditions Protection stake Natural Tuck of Colony from 2008 to 2012.[1][2]
Early years
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Political career
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