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Political Prisoners in Georgia

February 27, 2009
 
Topic of political prisoners is still urgent for Georgia. Although Georgian authority acknowledged “democracy” and “freedom of expression”, criticizing the government is still dangerous.

It is natural that authority does not acknowledge persecution of people on political grounds in order not to damage its own image.

In almost every case, the reasons for detention and judgment of people are crimes committed by those people; such as: hooliganism, drug-abusing, bribery, abusing power. Furthermore, governmental officials are persecuted only after they make public critical statements about the government.

Human Rights Center (HRIDC) covered similar facts several times  and called upon the authority to release people arrested on political grounds.
 
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