A leader of one of Georgia\u2019s opposition parties has been detained by police after he was beaten unconscious by officers in the capital Tbilisi, his party said Wednesday, in the wake of fierce protests in the former Soviet republic. <\/p>\n
The Coalition for Change party \u2013 which comprises four opposition groups \u2013 published video on social media showing Nika Gvamaria being carried limp by several men down a street in broad daylight. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey were quite aggressive. They took away everything,\u201d she said. Shortly after Gvamaria arrived, police turned on him. \u201cHe was severely beaten by the police,\u201d Khoshtaria said. <\/p>\n
The group said Gvamaria was then \u201cdragged by the police and thrown into a detention car\u201d outside the Droa party\u2019s office. <\/p>\n
The unrest in the country was sparked by the ruling Georgian Dream party\u2019s decision last week to suspend talks to join the European Union. Tensions had been simmering since a disputed election in October. Georgian Dream \u2013 already 12 years in office \u2013 claimed victory, but observers say the vote was neither free nor fair. The European Parliament has called for a re-run. <\/p>\n
Following the vote, Georgia\u2019s opposition parties said they would boycott parliament. Several opposition politicians have taken part in six nights of protests since Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said he was halting talks with Brussels. <\/p>\n
The protests have been met with a brutal police response. Georgia\u2019s human rights ombudsman on Tuesday accused police of inflicting torture on people arrested during the protests. Georgian Young Lawyers Association, a watchdog, said most individuals detained on Monday night had been subject to violence \u201cboth during and after their arrest.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A leader of one of Georgia\u2019s opposition parties has been detained by police after he was beaten unconscious by officers in the capital Tbilisi, his party said Wednesday, in the wake of fierce protests in the former Soviet republic. The Coalition for Change party \u2013 which comprises four opposition groups \u2013 published video on social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}