Georgia: Police must be held accountable for use of excessive force against protesters

By Amnesty International

Responding to news that police in Georgia violently dispersed an overwhelmingly peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi, where protestors rallied against the controversial “foreign influence” bill, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “What we witnessed in Tbilisi yesterday was a brutal retribution against people for exercising their right to protest […] The post Georgia: Police must be held accountable for use of excessive force against protesters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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