Political Prisoners in Georgia
February 27, 2009
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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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