2018: 287 cases of sexual abuse against children reported
The frequency of reports of the sexual abuse of minors in Georgia has increased. Photo: nation.co.ke.
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287 cases of sexual abuse against children were reported last year, according to the official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
In 2017 the figure stood at 174.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already drafted a bill which provides civil restrictions and tougher punishment for those convicted of sexual crimes against minors.
The bill has been approved with its first reading in parliament, with two additional readings still ahead.
The bill reads that the convicts of sexual crimes against minors will be deprived of the right to work at educational institutions.
The ministry will create a special database of all people convicted for sexual crimes against minors. The individuals will be under permanent surveillance to prevent sexual crimes against minors,” the ministry stated.
The current legislation provides five to seven years in prison for sexual abuse of children under 14. The sentence for sexual crimes against minors may reach 20 years per the new bill based on the circumstances.
The Georgian police have arrested a man accused of sexually harassing adolescents online and violating their right to privacy.
The grandfather of a nine-year-old girl killed in Gori back in October 2018 said the court has already delivered the verdict all of Georgia was waiting for, a life sentence.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reports that 116 individuals were charged in 2018 for various offences committed against minors.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has drafted a bill which provides civil restrictions and tougher punishment for those convicted of sexual crimes against minors.
The coach of a Georgian female football club has been charged with sexual assault against the members of the team and embezzlement, announces the Partnership for Human Rights (PHR), an organisation that works to protect the rights of various social groups.
Georgian police have detained one individual, 46, in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi for trafficking of minors, announces the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Georgian police officers have arrested a man for sexual abuse of a minor in western Georgia’s Samegrelo region, local media outlet Interpressnews reported on Wednesday.