4,564 charged for domestic violence in 2019 throughout Georgia

Georgian law enforcers have issued 7,762 restraining orders in the first nine months of 2019, while the total figure from last year was 7,646.

Officers of the Shida Kartli Police Department have arrested a person identified only as I.S., born in 1992, for domestic violence against a minor. 

Both possible perpetrators and their targets may have to wear electronic surveillance bracelets to avoid crimes after the police issue a restraining order, a bill drafted by the Georgian Interior Ministry reads.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has issued 5,399 restraining orders from January through June 2019. The rate exceeds the number of restraining orders issued in the same period last year - (3,292). Most of the restraining orders were issued in Tbilisi (2,655) which was followed by Imereti, Racha-Lechkumi, Kvemo Svaneti (563) and Kvemo Kartli (477).

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvii met with representatives of the public, local non-governmental and international organisations to discuss steps to be taken against domestic violence in the country. 

A large-scale campaign to combat violence against women in Georgia will be launched, reports the press office of the Government Administration. The Ministries of Justice, Interior, Regional Development, Health, Education and the Prosecutor’s Office will be involved in the campaign.

Despite the crisis caused by the coronavirus, the Georgian government is continuing to pursue a strict policy against domestic violence and violence against women.

Police have detained the former head of Patrol Police Department David Tsinaridze for domestic violence.

The government of Georgia says that it will continue an active awareness campaign and fight against domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic, as the coronavirus poses a risk of an increase in domestic violence cases. 

The Georgian police have detained a Nigerian citizen for violence against his wife in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi yesterday. The crime is punishable by up to two years in prison. The detainee, only identified as A.V. and born in 1989, verbally insulted and physically attacked his wife, identified as Ph.G. and born in 1986. 

The Georgian police have detained a Georgian citizen for the illegal possession of firearms in the eastern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli. Meanwhile, two individuals have been detained for domestic violence in the Black Sea region of Adjara and Samtskhe-Javakheti. 

Police have detained two Georgian citizens for domestic violence in the Gori and Kareli municipalities of Shida Kartli region. The crime is punishable by three years in prison.

The Georgian parliament has passed a bill in its third and final reading today which allows for the use of electronic surveillance to prevent domestic violence. 

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has delivered a speech at the official event dedicated to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, organised by the UN Women, where she said that Covid-19 has posed 'numerous challenges to our countries and societies'.

4,633 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2020, which is 5.4 per cent more compared to the  previous year, Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze said while presenting his body’s annual report today.

Georgian law enforcers have imposed an electronic surveillance against an individual, identified only as G.K., accused of domestic violence against his minor family member.

Police identified 9,144 victims of domestic violence and 8,716 abusers throughout Georgia in 2020, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

An individual, identified as G.I. and born in 1990, was detained in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti for domestic violence and threat as well as sexual assault against a minor. 

Police have detained businessman Davit Kodua, brother of ex-head of Georgia’s Special Operative Department, for domestic violence.

Businessman Davit Kodua, brother of ex-official Erekle Kodua, has been sent to pre-trial detention for violence against his wife and daughter.

Georgia's internationally renowned theatre director Robert Sturua has come under criticism after comparing alleged revelations of domestic abuse involving an actor at  Tbilisi's Rustaveli Theatre to "women starting 1937 [Soviet] repressions" on social media.

Police have arrested a 63-year-old man for murder of his daughter-in-law in the Khelvachauri municipality of western Georgia’s Adjara region, local media reported on Monday.