Georgian police release video depicting how 4 charged with violence attack police [VIDEO]
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has released a video depicting how four individuals who have been charged with violence at the June 20 Tbilisi demonstration use batons and other items to attack police.
Red arrows are placed over the individuals who have been charged.
The Interior Ministry has reported that the four detainees are Zurab Badaghashvili, Kakhaber Kupreishvili, Tsotne Soselia and BesikTamliani.
Member of the United National Movement opposition party Giorgi Baramidze says that “as I was informed, one of them is our member,” [but he said he did not know the name].
Soselia has a previous crime record, was detained for hooliganism and disobedience to police several times.
Bagashvili was sentenced several times for different crimes and was wanted for a year.
Tamliani was suspended from Georgian citizenship in 2006 and was a Russian citizen until 2018.
The government says that the opposition encouraged people to violence. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Kupreishvili travelled to Russia on June 23, 2019 and returned from Moscow on June 25.
Violence committed by a group is punishable by six to nine years.
An investigation is also in progress regarding opposition MP Nika Melia, who is charged with incitement to violence on June 20.
Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office stated yesterday that the Interior Ministry will also investigate charges of “attempting a coup” on June 20.
The opposition says that the government is taking steps to suppress the opposition.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said four people have been detained for participating in group violence during the clash of June 20 in front of the parliament of Georgia. Police say that the four other individuals, who participated in the group violence in front of the parliament, attacked police officers and resisted arrest.
Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says that the Interior Ministry will investigate charges of “attempting a coup” on June 20, when groups of demonstrators tried to storm the parliament building in central Tbilisi.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says that 170 people have been interrogated during an investigation looking into the possible use of excessive force during the June 20 rally dispersal in central Tbilisi.
Starting from today Tbilisi rallies will be focused on communication, changing the public’s views, and discussions, organisers say.“We will gather in front of the parliament building, read poems, discuss various issues, show films, discuss the films, etc.,” one of the organisers of the protests, Shota Digmelashvili said.
The Georgian Dream ruling party and the United National Movement (UNM) opposition have proposed two different resolutions on the Tbilisi protests in parliament. The resolution submitted by the ruling party focuses on the importance of respecting state institutions, laws and the right of expression.