Investigation launched after assault on opposition party leader
Local media reports on Saturday said police had arrested one individual for the attack on Japaridze, who was interviewed by law enforcement after the incident. Photo via Zurab Girchi Japaridze/Facebook
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The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said it had launched an investigation into an assault on Zurab Girchi Japaridze, the leader of the Girchi - More Freedom opposition party, in the central Georgian municipality of Gori on Saturday.
Local media reports on Saturday said police had arrested one individual for the attack on Japaridze, who was interviewed by law enforcement after the incident.
A local resident of Gori said in his social media post later during the day he was responsible for assaulting the party leader, telling his followers the politician had been “beaten for perverting our children, for insulting the [Catholicos Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church] and the Church”.
Public Defender Levan Ioseliani on Saturday condemned the attack on Japaridze and noted his office would study the incident.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said “all, who have been insulting heroic police officers, are enemies of the country”, slamming the leader of the opposition party Girchi - More Freedom, Zurab Girchi Japaridze, for “coming out against” police with his statements.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Vice Speaker, on Monday claimed the “radical” domestic opposition had “used the youth for their political purposes” during last month’s protests in Tbilisi against the proposed bill on transparency of foreign influence.
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has charged one person with violence for an assault on David Berdzenishvili, a leader of the Republicans opposition party, on Monday, the state body announced on Tuesday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into a case of physical and verbal assault on Khatuna Samnidze and Davit Berdzenishvili, two leaders of the Republicans opposition, the Georgian Public Broadcaster reported on Monday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said it was investigating a clash between students of Tbilisi State University that took place during a lecture led by the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party on Saturday, as well as a subsequent incident at a hospital in Tbilisi.
The District Court in the central Georgian municipality of Gori on Monday ruled to keep the individual arrested for assault on Zurab Girchi Japaridze, the leader of the Girchi - More Freedom opposition party, in the locality on Saturday in custody, ahead of hearings in the case.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday said police officers had arrested an individual for an assault on one of the Formula TV founders Misha Mshvildadze.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Friday said it was investigating a clash between supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement parties in Georgia’s town of Kaspi.
Tbilisi City Court on Saturday sent one individual to imprisonment for assault on one of the Formula TV founders Misha Mshvildadze in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Tuesday.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday said it had launched an investigation following reports of an assault on Irakli Edzgveradze, a member of the Tbilisi City Council and the United National Movement opposition party and the persons accompanying him.