Activists of united opposition warm near the fire during the rally that they hold in front of Georgia's parliament in Tbilisi November 4, 2007.
Photo: Valery Melnikov
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry to Probe Into Overreacting
Georgia’s Interior Ministry has pledged to initiate a criminal case for each action of overreacting by officers of the riot police and special forces that broke up the opposition rallies in Tbilisi November 7, 2007, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Shota Utiashvili from Interior Ministry.
When breaking up the opposition rallies in Tbilisi November 7, the officers of riot police and of special forces used tear gas, water cannons and guns with rubber bullets on demonstrators. As a result, roughly 600 were delivered to hospitals, the better part of them suffered from gas poisoning.
Earlier, Georgian authorities always justified using such methods, claiming the police acted in line with the law.
But the comments of Georgia’s ombudsman Sozar Subari were very harsh. He said he saw the police beating lying people by truncheons. He tried to stop the officers but they beat him violently.
Quite a few opposition leaders, including Equality Institute member Georgy Khaindrava and People’s Party leader Koba Davitashvili, were beaten by the police that day.
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