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2010-09-29
Judge Kochlamazashvili Obeys the Prosecutor’s Office
The court hearing on
the “accused victims” finished at the Tbilisi City Court. On September
28, Judge Badri Kochlamaszashvili passed inadequately strict and
inhuman judgment on the accused. He imposed imprisonment of 3 years and
6 months and fine of 3 000 GEL on the students who were wounded in
front of the Technical University a year ago. Just to compare: for the
murderer of Buta Robakidze the police officer was sentenced to
4-year-imprisonment and the murderers of Girgvliani did not even spend
the 4 years in prison.
2010-09-29
Special Appeal of Human Rights Center
The Students Wounded in front of the Technical University Got the Same Sentence as the Convicts for the Resounded Murders
On Monday, October 4th, at 2:00 pm, the special press conference will be held in the office of Human Rights Center regarding the verdict passed against the students wounded in front of the Technical University.
2010-09-28
A Police officer Can “Stop and Superficially Examine” a Person
The parliament has introduced new amendments to the Law on Police of Georgia at the third hearing which allows a policeman “to stop and superficially examine” a person. According to the amended law, a police officer can stop a person based on the “reasonable doubt” on “possible crime” and “superficially examine the clothes of a person” within the “reasonable time necessary to exclude or confirm the doubt.” And if the search will originate the basis of the thorough search, “the authorized person will carry out the search.”
2010-09-28
“Accused Victims” Waiting for Verdict
The court-hearing of the case on the wounded students of
the Tbilisi Technical University Zaza Shavliashvili, Vasil Giguashvili,
Nika Beruashvili, Roland Nikolozashvili and Saba Mghvdeladze is due to
end at the Tbilisi City Court today. On September 27, the court heard
the speeches of the attorneys. The judge will pass verdict today, on
September 28. The attorneys stressed on the irrelevances, incorrect
legal qualifications of the activities and groundless solicitation of
the prosecutor in the case materials.
2010-09-28
Office of Prosecutor Arrests the Chief Doctor of the Hospital
One year work at Kutaisi Regional Rehabilitation Center
for Elderly and Invalid ended with the arrest of the chief doctor and
accountant. Peculation of 400 thousand lari and violations in the
medical histories of patients – this is the charge imposed on the
arrested by the Prosecutor’s Office.
2010-09-28
Some Lawyers Doubting the Institute of Jury
They will take a direct part in the trial. They will
decide the question of culpability or innocence of the defendant, and
ultimately bring in a verdict. Public becomes the jury – the jury well
advocated by the judicial authority will start operating starting from
October 1st.
2010-09-24
Attorney Burdened Conditions of the Accused Victims
The students of the Technical University of Georgia, who were wounded
in front of the university a year ago, might be sent to prison for 4
years. At the trial on September 23, the prosecutor Keti Chachava
requested equal liability for four accused – 4 years imprisonment and
fine of 3 500 GEL. As for the fifth accused Roland Nikolozashvili, who
pleaded guilty on the previous trial, the prosecutor requested less
grave liability for him – 3 year imprisonment and fine of 2 000 GEL.
2010-09-24
A New Website Was Created about Jury Trial
2010-09-23
Who Is Approaching CSD in Gori District Administration?
After the head of the architecture
department of the Gori municipal board Temur Natriashvili died, sudden
information was spread. Before death the law enforcement officers
visited him at home. Soon after the Gori office of the Human Rights
Center started working on the issue, the new information about the
detention of Zviad Berianidze – governor of the Karaleti village and of
Mariam Orjonikidze, head of the department for the land management
within the municipal board was spread. Both of them are accused in
bribery. The representative of the CSD Soso Topuirdze reported about it
at the special briefing.
2010-09-23
“The Volunteer Spy” – President Saakashvili Should Take the Film Abroad With Him
On September 22, the Human Rights
Center (HRIDC) presented the documentary film of Giorgi Janelidze –
“The Volunteer Spy” – in the Cinema House. The film about the military
expert Vakhtang Maisaia, who was convicted for espionage, was prepared
in the TV-studio (hridc.tv) of the Human Rights Center. The film caused
great interest in the society. The hall of the cinema house was full.
The representatives of the foreign embassies accredited in Georgia and
international organizations, as well as colleagues of Vakhtang Maisaia
- experts, human rights defenders, journalists and other interested
people - attended the presentation.
2010-09-22
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee Requests the Government of Georgia to Prvent Torture and Ill-Treatment
Strasbourg, 21.09.2010 – The Council
of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report
on its 4th periodic visit to Georgia, carried out in February 2010. The
report has been made public at the request of the Georgian authorities.
2010-09-21
Urgent Appeal of Georgian Human Rights NGOs
Human rights defenders in Georgia are
very concerned over the pending amendment to the Law on Police. If
passed into the law, the amendment will authorize an ordinary policeman
to stop any person at any time in the street and conduct an
“examination on the surface of one’s cloths” based solely on the
policeman’s “reasonable doubt” that a citizen might have committed a
crime. Moreover, the amendment further eliminates the need for
obtaining a prior authorization to conduct a comprehensive search upon
an individual and lowers a legal threshold triggering the right for
such a search.
2010-09-21
Elite Corruption in Guria Region – How Settlement of Police High-Ranking Officials Was Created in Bakhmaro
The high-ranking officials are
compelled to resign in Guria region. Public agents and law enforcement
officers are called for interrogations. Who is the investigation
looking for?
2010-09-21
Young Lawyers’ Association Publishes its Inference Concerning the Amendment to the Law on Police
2010-09-21
Murdered or Drowned? The family requests Investigation from the government
It has been a year after the
suspicious death of Elguja Akhalaia the resident of Chkhorotskhu
district. There are several unofficial versions about the death of the
young man. The relatives state he was killed and thrown into the river.
2010-09-20
Geno Malazonia Released from Prison
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