Today the French, British and German ambassadors to Georgia met with the Georgian public defenders team to demand an investigation into the violent detentions and inhumane treatment at protests.

The public defender in Georgia has broken with the ruling party and is investigating these cases. He's calling it torture.

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It's torture in Georgia.

Powerful victims testimonies in the article below speak of brutal and systemic torture of protestors in Georgia by unidentified special forces.

It's not hyperbolic to call it torture. It's the word used by Georgia's public defender, who has begun an investigation.

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https://tabula.ge/ge/news/726892-rogor-acama-ivanishvilis-rezhimma-demonstrantebi

"The de-facto Georgian government has shed all pretense of democracy and has now started arresting innocent activists and peaceful members of the opposition in their homes and places of work. Make no mistake: Georgian Dream is using Kremlin-style dictatorial tactics."

Joe Wilson,
U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman.

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"Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association issued a statement saying that systemic and violent repressions against the civilians should be assessed as the crime against humanity, which can provide grounds for applying to the International Criminal Court.

The watchdog says that “the coordinated repressive measures against thousands of Georgian citizens in various cities became evident during spontaneous protests” starting from November 28th"

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https://civil.ge/archives/641519

After a day of raids and detentions of opposition party leaders and activists, protestors are gathering in Tbilisi in just as large numbers as the last 7 nights.

Police are now stopping people in the nearby metro stations to confiscate the gas masks protestors are using to protect themselves against the tear gas the police are using on them night after night.

For shame.

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"Those (opposition politicians) who are enemies of the people and enemies of the country must be banned.

The mere winning of the elections is not going to be decisive, that is why I say that we need a constitutional majority to ban them and get rid of them."

Bidzina Ivanishvili,
Georgian Dream party chairman,
(speaking shortly before the October 26th elections.)

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"Georgian Protests has to be renamed Repression in Georgia.

Political leaders dragged by repressive forces, party headquarters object to search and seizure operations, offices of youth protesters are searched…

Prime Minister calls that « prevention »…"

Salome Zourabichvilli,
President,
Georgia.

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