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PENITENTIARY
2010-12-22
Minister’s Command May Restrict the Constitutional Right
According to the #89 decree of Minster of Corrections and Legal Assistance, if the lawyer wants to meet with several prisoners in the penitentiary department, he/she needs to stand in the line for every meeting. According to the public defender, this might endanger the constitutionally established right of the convict to ask for lawyer’s assistance without delay.
2010-12-13
Books not Bars
2010-12-03
Presa.ge Requests Information about Giorgi Barateli from the European Court
Presa.ge had to request assistance from the European
Court of Human Rights in getting public information regarding Giorgi
Barateli. Mr. Barateli was convicted for the murder of Georgian
academician Guram Sharadze. The newspaper wants to learn which
detention setting the convicted serves his term.
2010-11-03
Demonstration In Support of Political Prisoners in Front of Parliament
On October 30 – the International Day of Solidarity with
Political Prisoners – the Human Rights Center (HRIDC) organized a
protest demonstration in front of the parliament of Georgia. The human
rights defenders, family members of political prisoners and politicians
joined the demonstration. Their main request was the immediate release
of political prisoners who serve their terms in the detention settings
of Georgia. They expressed solidarity with the political prisoners and
spoke about the difficult situation in this field in Georgia.
2010-10-22
Prisoner Got Disabled After Being Beaten
Prisoner Ramaz Pataraia is in terrible situation after
being physically assaulted– his lower limbs are paralyzed and he moves
only in wheelchair; he has post-trauma stress and cramps. The prisoner
wrote in explanation letter that during transportation two employees of
the prison ruthlessly beat him in Kutaisi prison # 2. Regional
Prosecutor’s office of the western Georgia launched criminal case on
the incident a year ago but the investigation is prolonged and the
trial has not been scheduled yet.
2010-10-04
Military Expert Vakhtang Maisaia Detained Under Charge of Espionage Requests to Be Declared Victim
2010-10-01
Prisoner Died Because of Incorrect Medical Treatment
Irakli, Giorgi and Nika look at the photo of their
father to remember his face; the father Kakhaber Bezhanidze died in
prison on September 26, 2009. According to the diagnosis, he died of
ulcer on stomach and duodenum and of acute sepsis. The council of the
professional development within the State Regulation Agency of the
Medical Activities sanctified the doctors who treated Bezhanidze.
However, the sanction is only a suspension of the doctor’s license for
4 months. The widow of the dead prisoner Marina Turmanidze states her
husband died of the incorrect treatment and is about to request a
compensation from the state.
2010-09-28
According to Human Rights Defenders, Condition of Prisoners Beaten in Khsani Jail is Severe
2010-09-16
27-year-old Prisoner Died in Jail Hospital
2010-09-14
The International Secretariat of OMCT has published urgent appeal regarding the physical assault of Vakhtang Maisaia
The International Secretariat of OMCT appeals to the high-ranking officials of the government of Georgia regarding the physical assault of Vakhtang Maisaia who was arrested for espionage. They appeal to the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, secretary of the Security Council of Georgia Eka Tkeshelashvili, the minister of internal affairs Vano Merabishvili, the minister of justice of Georgia Zurab Adeishvili, the chairman of the human rights committee of the parliament of Georgia Giorgi Arsenishvili and the public defender of Georgia Giorgi Tughushi. The OMCT learned about the incident from the member of the OMCT SOS network in Georgia the Human Rights Center.
2010-08-20
The tortured prisoners filing complaints to Strasbourg
In connection with the criminal case
filed about the incidents of the beatings of prisoners four years ago
nobody has been interrogated yet but the victims themselves. Human
Rights Center will ensure the examination of the prisoner’s complaint
by the European Court of Human Rights.
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