Georgia. Protesters Increasingly Targeted by Gender-Related Violence and Reprisals

In Georgia, the police are increasingly resorting to gender-based violence, such as gender-based insults, threats of sexual violence and illegal and degrading body searches, against women taking part in demonstrations, in a context of a broader campaign to intimidate and punish [...]

The Tbilisi City Court has started another hearing on the case of eight people arrested on charges of organizing and participating in group violence during protests. Judge Tamar Mchedlishvili is reviewing the case. The case continues with the questioning of police witnesses. Grigol Chanturidze, another police officer who has the status of a victim in the case, is answering the parties’ questions. The police officer says that on November 28, 2024…

In Georgia, the police are increasingly resorting to gender-based violence, such as gender-based insults, threats of sexual violence and illegal and degrading body searches, against women taking part in demonstrations, in a context of a broader campaign to intimidate and punish peaceful demonstrators, Amnesty International said in a new summary released on Friday, 23 May.