Georgia
Voice | They slapped me and called me a faggot: my experience with the Tbilisi police
Giorgi Mzhavanadze, an activist and director of the Georgian liberal group the Shame Movement, was detained on 7 March in Tbilisi after organising an anti-government and pro-Ukraine demonstration outside the government offices in Tbilisi. After facing a ₾2,800 ($965) administrative fine for cursing at police officers and resisting arrest, a charge he denies, on 17 May he again ended up in the hands of the police, at the Ninth Police Department of Gldani-Nadzaladevi, Tbilisi. I want to tell