Interior Ministry employee detained for 'abuse of power' during Tbilisi protests [VIDEO]
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An employee of the Georgian Interior Ministry has been detained for possible abuse of power during the Tbilisi rallies on June 20-21, at the parliament building of Georgia, the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says.
The Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating possible abuse of power by law enforcers during the rallies, has released a video depicting how the detainee physically attack an individual detained for disobedience to the police.
The video released by the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office:
We will appeal to the court to send the individual to pretrial detention,” the Prosecutor’s Office says.
Tbilisi protests were sparked by the presence of Russian MPs in the Georgian parliament during the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, when Russian MP Sergey Gavrilov took the seat of the Georgian parliamentary speaker to address the audience.
- The rally following the developments in parliament on June 20 was dispersed by police after some demonstrators decided to storm the parliament building, leaving 305 detained and 240 injured.
- The Georgian Dream ruling party says that the “justified and peaceful” protest of people was transformed into violence due to the “provocative and destructive” actions by opposition members.
- A member of the UNM Nika Melia has been charged with incitement to violence during the rally.
The human rights defender Sopho Verdzeuli said the Tbilisi protest of June 20 in front of the parliament of Georgia “became violent” after around 10 p.m. “Quite a lot of demonstrators were physically attacking police officers from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m., grabbing their equipment, pulling police officers out of the cordon”, Verdzeuli wrote on her Facebook page.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has provided an explanation of the Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s statements made yesterday that he watched the storm on the Georgian parliament building on June 20 with foreign ambassadors, from the parliament building of Georgia.
Police has blocked the road on Rustaveli Avenue to separate two ongoing demonstrations on Rustaveli Avenue, as tensions between an anti-occupation rally and a counter-protest involving clerics and nationalist groups are high in the capital.
Four individuals have been detained for group violence during the June 20 rally in Tbilisi, which left 240 injured and 305 detained.The Georgian Interior Ministry has released a video depicting how the detainees used rubber batons and other items to physically insult law enforcers, trying to drag away their shields and use bad language against the police.
One more special forces employee has been detained for "abuse of power" during the dispersal of the Tbilisi protests on June 20-21. The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating possible abuse of power by law enforcers, reported that the officer injured two demonstrators.
Three individuals have been detained for group violence against police during the June 20 rally, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported.“As of now 12 have been charged with organising and participating in group violence during the rally, including opposition member Nika Melia,” the ministry spokesperson stated earlier today.
Head of the Georgian Dream ruling party Bidzina Ivanishvili says that the resignation of Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia after the June 20 rally dispersal in Tbilisi and following demonstrations would have been a betrayal of the state as the opposition had plans to overthrow the government.
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia was questioned at the Prosecutor’s Office earlier today over the June 20-21 developments in front of the parliament in Tbilisi. Minister Gakharia spoke with journalists after the questioning and said that now it is important for the investigation to identify the organisers who triggered “an organised and violent raid” on the parliament building.
Peaceful demonstrators have gathered in front of the parliament of Georgia for the 31st consecutive day this evening, again demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Demonstrators held posters with numbers indicating the total amount of people attending the rally.
Yet another police officer has been accused of power abuse against a protester during the June 20 - 21 protest held near the parliament of Georgia. The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia reports that the police officer has been accused of physical violence towards a person that had already been arrested.
Peaceful demonstrators have gathered in front of the parliament of Georgia for the 25th consecutive day tonight, again demanding Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s resignation. One of the organisers of the demonstrations, Shota Digmelashvili, said they will not stop until their last demand is fulfilled.
Police have detained three individuals for abuse of power, illegal entrepreneurship and money laundering in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
The General Inspection has detained an inspector-investigator of the Poti City Division on charges of abuse of power, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation after video footage allegedly showing physical assault on a disabled person on Tbilisi Metro was broadcast on television on Monday.