Georgia: Crackdown on government critics deepens as another opposition politician is jailed

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the jailing of yet another Georgian opposition figure, former lawmaker Giorgi (Givi) Targamadze, to seven months in prison for refusing to recognize the parliament’s legitimacy and appear before a parliamentary investigative committee, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “Summoning opposition figures before a parliamentary commission and […] The post Georgia: Crackdown on government critics deepens as another opposition politician is jailed appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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