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Public Defender Requests Investigation of the Prisoner’s Ill-Treatment
December 28, 2011
Public Defender: “Mortality Rate among Prisoners Increased”
December 15, 2011
Public Defender of Georgia has published National Prevention Mechanism Special Report. It describes the results of the monitoring in penitentiary establishments and temporary detention isolators carried out over the first half of 2011. According to the Report, the rate of mortality among prisoners has increased and inmates are still ill-treated in custodies.
Prisoner Describes His Torture
December 9, 2011
Ombudsman of Georgia sent an explanation note of the prisoner who explains how he was tortured by the employees of #18 Prison Department to the main Office of Prosecutor of Georgia.
Prisoners Unable to Call Lawyer of Human Rights Center
December 8, 2011
The head of Legal Department of Human Rights Center Nino Andriashvili states that the prisoners cannot contact her since the month of November. The lawyer assumes that her telephone is blocked on purpose.
Gvantsa Kuparadze Released from Imprisonment
November 11, 2011
Deceased Prisoner’s Body Brought to Zugdidi Prison
November 9, 2011
On November 8, family members of late prisoner Murman Kalandia, 42, brought the deceased in front of the Zugdidi prison # 4 where he served his term before death; Kalandia died on October 31.
“My Son Was Beaten to Death at Zugdidi Prison”
November 3, 2011
The family of late prisoner Murman Kalandia blames the administration of the Zugdidi Prison # 4 in his death. The family alleges the prisoner died of traumas he had received in prison.
GYLA’s Opinion on Pending Amendments to the Code of Imprisonment
November 2, 2011
Georgian Prisoner Ruthlessly Beaten in Drandi Prison
October 28, 2011
Dimitri Lortkipanidze Blames Government for Starting New Wave of Punishment Against Prisoners
October 24, 2011
Repeated Violence against Prisoner Rudik Ovakimian
October 21, 2011
Free Democrats Introduced Georgian Civil Society with the Details about Sergo Tetradze’s Death
October 12, 2011
Bzarashvilis Are Free
October 10, 2011
Family of Nugzar Sharikadze Blames Penitentiary Ministry in His Death
October 3, 2011
“Political Heart Attack” in Geguti Prison
September 29, 2011
Israeli businessman under arrest Zeev Frenkel has had a heart attack. He had a shunt surgery in one of the new clinics of Kutaisi. As the lawyer of the convict Archil Kbilashvili states the reason of the heart attack was deprivation of medicines sent to the Frenkel. Instead of reaching the addressee, the medicines were left in the doctor’s cabinet.
Military Officer Sergo Tetradze Died in Prison
September 28, 2011
Public Defender Addresses Chief Prosecutor of Georgia to Investigate Case of Ill-Treatment
September 26, 2011
According to subparagraph C of article 21 of the Organic Law on Public Defender, the Public Defender of Georgia Giorgi Tughushi addressed the chief prosecutor of Georgia Murtaz Zodelava to start preliminary investigation regarding the facts of ill-treatment of prisoners in #2 Penitentiary Department.
“Demetradze Might Be Killed But Publicly Reported as Suicide”
September 8, 2011
Former player of the Georgian National Football Team Giorgi Demetradze is in poor conditions in prison. He was convicted for the membership of the criminal world and sentenced to 6-year-imprisonment. At the moment, he is waiting for the discussion of his cassation suit and decision of the Supreme Court.
The Human Rights Center Requests Investigation in Prisoners’ Torture
September 6, 2011
On September 5, press-conference about torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners was held in the office of the Human Rights Center. Executive director of the Center Ucha Nanuashvili and head of the Center’s Legal Clinic Nino Nadriashvili underlined the problems of the convicted Rudik Ovakimyan.
Ossetian Side Released 7 out of 15 Prisoners
September 5, 2011