Public Assembly Releases Special Statement Regarding People Detained on 26 May

Public Assembly Releases Special Statement Regarding People Detained on 26 May:

“We remind you that on May 26th protest night, most of the detainees were sentenced to administrative imprisonment and family members didn’t know anything about it. According to Georgian administrative code 281 Prima article, court’s decision about administrative imprisonment can be appealed in 48 hours after the court’s decision considering the assumption of availability of filing a complaint.

It’s obvious that there was no possibility to appeal in terms of the aforesaid time. There was no information about the whereabouts of detainees or the date of holding the trial. There was no court motivation regarding the causes of the decision. If there is no concrete motivation it’s impossible to speak about reasonability of the decision. The family members didn’t know what they were accused of. We consider that the fact of missing the term of appeal didn’t depend on the detainees. Thus missing the term should be considered pardonable and must be extended.

Tens of people are in critical conditions in prison, under psychological and physical pressure.

We address the human rights organizations, other NGOs and lawyers to show their effort regarding this fact.

We address diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia to monitor restoring this lawful right. Otherwise, along with the other norms, the most important norm of charter of European court of Human Rights will be violated.

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