Prosecutor’s Office charges 5 former policemen, meets demands of European Court
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The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has charged five former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for exceeding official authority under the leadership of the United National Movement in 2005-2006.
By conducting an "effective investigation and bringing the five to court” the Prosecutor’s Office has met the demands of a verdict issued by the European Court of Human Rights delivered in 2012, saying that two Georgian citizens suffered physical abuse and ill-treatment from police officers.
It is the priority of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia to investigate all criminal cases on which the European Court of Human rights has delivered verdicts and urged Georgia to complete an effective investigation,” the Chief Prosecutor’s Office reported.
If the charge is confirmed by the court, the detainees will face imprisonment of up to eight years.
Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office has detained five former employees of Gldani #8 and Rustavi #6 prisons, who systematically abused and mistreated prisoners in 2011-2012, under the United Movement leadership.
The Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia are welcoming the court’s official move to impose pre-trial detention on the country’s former president and other ex-government officials.
Five former officials in the United National Movement (UNM)-led government have been detained in relation to illegally taping and keeping videos showing the private life of citizens, which were leaked online last month.
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The Chief Prosecutor’s Office today said Georgia had approached its foreign partners for help – reportedly, including the FBI – to trace the source of the tapes after the latest video was posted on YouTube yesterday.
According to the report, one of the most significant human rights issues were arbitrary detentions and deprivation of life by Russian and de facto authorities of the country’s citizens along the administrative boundary lines with the Russian-occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.