Prisoner Accuses Police of Torture

Prisoner Accuses Police of Torture

Tbilisi.11.04.05.MediaNews. On April 8, Eldar Konenishvili, a witness to be interrogated, was taken from Tbilisi Prison No.1 to Gurjaani Police Department and, according to the NGO Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights, was severely tortured.

On the press-conference that was held on 11 April, Nana Kakabadze, the head of Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights, denounced the incident, emphasizing also that different forms of torture had been commited: he was beaten on the head with a gun, over his entire body with a chair leg, and also was threatened to be lynched.

According to Nana Kakabadze, in spite of the fact that this incident was reported to the General Prosecutor’s Office, examination of the tortured prisoner by medical experts has not yet been conducted.  Eldar Konenishvili says that he can identify all of his torturers and among them he names Gela Batsashvili, son of Jimsher Batsashvili, the head of Prison No. 1.

Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights demands that a criminal case be initiated and all the policemen be punished for the crime they committed.