“Human Rights Watch declared a shocking level of violence during the crackdown on protests in TbilisiHuman Rights Watch declared massive violations of the rights of peaceful protesters by the Georgian authorities. Human rights defenders recorded numerous cases of beatings, torture and ill-treatment of detainees.”, — write on: unn.ua
According to the statement of the organization, the security forces harassed, forcibly detained and beat the demonstrators with “widespread and clearly punitive actions”.
Police also tortured and ill-treated detainees in police vans and police stations, the report said.
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Human Rights Watch says its representatives have interviewed dozens of people who suffered violence at the hands of the police and suffered injuries including concussions, multiple fractures to the nose, facial bones, ribs, cuts and bruises all over the body.
Authorities charged hundreds of demonstrators and convicted them in formal trials, but failed to take effective steps to respond to allegations of mistreatment of protesters by security forces, the report said.