Demonstrator injured in June 2019 Tbilisi protests granted victim status
A total of 275 people were injured out of which 32 were journalists and 80 - police officers while 19 individuals were charged with group violence during a clash on Rustaveli Avenue on June 20 including the head of opposition United National Movement party Nika Melia who was arrested in June 2019 and released on bail for 30,000 GEL. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Protester Vakhtang Berikashvili who was injured during the dispersal of a rally during the June 2019 protests which were sparked by the presence of Russian MPs in the Georgian parliament has been granted victim status on December 9 after more than two years since the incident took place, the Human Rights Center (HRC) reports.
The HRC, which has been representing the legal interests of Berikashvili since 2019, states that Berikashvili received ‘significant health injuries’ as a result of the rally dispersal, noting that ‘in addition to the wounds, he experienced strong emotional stress.’
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted a fourth complaint named Berikashvili vs Georgia in the case of June 2019 Tbilisi protests from the NGO on September 14 this year.
The HRC demanded that the victims of June 20-21 [protests] be granted the status of a victim immediately. The organisation used all available legal means at the national level to conduct a timely, effective and impartial investigation by the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia,” the NGO reports.
The organisation is protecting the rights of three journalists in this case and they were granted the victim’s status after the ECHR registered their cases in 2020.
Russian MP Sergey Gavrilov from the occupant country Russia took the seat of the Georgian parliament speaker during a religious conference on June 20, 2019, which provoked the protests in Tbilisi.
A total of 275 people were injured out of which 32 were journalists and 80 - police officers while 19 individuals were charged with group violence during a clash on Rustaveli Avenue on June 20 including the head of opposition United National Movement party Nika Melia who was arrested in June 2019 and released on bail for 30,000 GEL.
The Georgian parliament adopted an amnesty bill for the June 2019 protesters on September 7 with 79 votes in favour and 15 votes against the bill.
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted a fourth complaint from the Human Rights Center (HRC) regarding a case of the June 2019 Tbilisi protests which were sparked by the presence of Russian MPs in the Georgian parliament. "The case named Berikashvili vs Georgia has already been registered by the court. A citizen affected by the (Georgian) Interior Ministry’s raided demonstration demands the establishment of violations of Articles 3, 10, 11 and 13 of the European Convention,” the HRC reports.
Civil activists are protesting the adoption of an amnesty bill by the Georgian parliament stipulated by the April 19 EU-mediated agreement for the June 2019 protests that were sparked by the presence of Russian MPs in the Georgian parliament. Georgian parliament adopted the bill earlier today with 79 votes in favour and 15 votes against it.
The European Court of Human Rights has accepted applications prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC), asking the Prosecutor General’s Office to grant plaintiff status to journalists injured during the dispersal of June 20-21, 2019 protest demonstrations near the parliament of Georgia.
Georgian opposition MPs have interrupted the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) after a Russian MP and president of the assembly, Sergey Gavrilov addressed the audience from the Georgian parliamentary speaker’s chair earlier today.