Georgia: Women protesters are targeted with escalating violence and gender-based reprisals

By Amnesty International

Police in Georgia are increasingly using gender-based violence including sexist insults, threats of sexual violence and unlawful and degrading strip searches against women involved in protests as part of their larger campaign to intimidate and punish peaceful protestors, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. Scenes of police brutality as well as violent […] The post Georgia: Women protesters are targeted with escalating violence and gender-based reprisals appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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