Georgia: Authorities must immediately investigate attacks on government critics

By Amnesty International

Reacting to a violent attack by unknown men on a civic activist in Georgia just hours after he was accused in a social media post by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament of participating in an “organized and politically motivated campaign of terror”, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, […] The post Georgia: Authorities must immediately investigate attacks on government critics appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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