Interior ministry launches investigation into police brutality following video footage
The video shows officers taking the arrested individual into a room at the Metro station before one of the two law enforcement professionals assaults him.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation after video footage allegedly showing physical assault on a disabled person on Tbilisi Metro was broadcast on television on Monday.
Responding to the footage shown by Pirveli channel, the ministry said the State Inspector’s Office had launched an inquiry into the matter, with the ministry’s General Inspection starting the investigation immediately following the release of the footage.
In its comments the MIA condemned human rights violations and said the practice was “categorically unacceptable” to the body, also clarifying the inquest had been launched based on Article 333 [exceeding official authority] of the Criminal Code.
The broadcast video shows police arresting a young man in a Tbilisi Metro station - with no details on the arrest released at this time.
An individual accompanying the arrested citizen is seen attempting to explain their disability to the law enforcement as an explanation for their silence during the arrest.
The police crew seems to reject the explanation and takes the disabled person into a room at the station before physically assaulting them.
Two journalists, Rati Ratiani and Giorgi Arobeladze, have accused police of assault, which allegedly took place following their arrest in Batumi on December 17.The incident occurred in front of the bar Adgili, which is located on Rustaveli street in Batumi close to the police department building.
Yet another police officer has been accused of power abuse against a protester during the June 20 - 21 protest held near the parliament of Georgia. The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia reports that the police officer has been accused of physical violence towards a person that had already been arrested.
The General Inspection has detained an inspector-investigator of the Poti City Division on charges of abuse of power, says the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
An employee of the Georgian Interior Ministry has been detained for possible abuse of power during the Tbilisi rallies on June 20-21, at the parliament building of Georgia, the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has arrested a police officer with a charge of physically assaulting a woman in Georgia’s western town of Zugdidi on January 26.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has responded to the recent cases of police misconduct in the country, saying that the offenders should be "strictly punished," but the "devoted service" of the police should not be undermined by individual cases.
Tbilisi City Court has denied bail to two police officers, Nukri Bakradze and Kakhaber Bakashvili, who were arrested on Tuesday for a physical assault on a disabled 17-year-old in Tbilisi Metro on Sunday. In his comments on the ruling, judge Mikheil Jinjolia said “based on the standard of substantiated presumption, the crime committed against a person with disabilities was committed for no reason by police officers who are supposed to maintain order.”
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has started an investigation after a video footage allegedly showing an assault on an Orthodox church member by his colleague was broadcast on TV on Sunday.
Police have arrested an Orthodox church member, identified only as V.G., for assaulting a lay brother in the capital Tbilisi on Tuesday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia said earlier today.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation against an individual who allegedly called for smashing the windows of the first floor of the Government Administration building located in central Tbilisi via social media on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation after five transgender women reported being attacked by a group of men in capital Tbilisi on Sunday.
Police officer Nukri Bakradze, who was charged with assaulting a disabled minor in Tbilisi Metro in January, has been sentenced to five years in prison, news agency Interpressnews reported on Friday.