Georgian Ombudsman criticizes police for restricting meetings and opinions

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia restricts freedom of assembly and expression. This was announced by the public defender Levan Ioseliani.
The Ombudsman commented on the detention of Beka Grigoriadis, the father of activist Lazare Grigoriadis, accused of assaulting a policeman during demonstrations against the bill on “foreign agents” in March of this year.

Beka Grigoriadis had previously announced an open-ended protest demanding his son's release. He tried to set up a tent near the parliament, but the police interfered, detaining him on charges of disobedience.

Criminal statistics in the country have decreased, and today Georgia is one of the safest countries in Europe. Thus, Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri responded to the journalist's statement by saying that recently several cases of murders and stabbings have been recorded in the central regions, but the statistics do not reflect the increase in crime.

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