The
lawyers of NGOs’
Legal Aid Network are defending the interests of persons detained on
administrative charges during a peaceful assembly on November 19.
By decision of
the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees were brought to the court today,
shortly before 18:00, at the end of working hours. The lawyers were not
informed about the above
a reasonable time in advance.
At the moment,
several judges are considering the cases. They are deliberately not granting the lawyers'
requests to postpone the hearings for a reasonable period so that they have enough time to familiarize
themselves with the case materials and to present additional evidence. In
several cases, the trial was postponed for only 10 or 30 minutes, during which
the parties were told
to present video evidence and information about witnesses.
We believe
that the court disregards
the right to a fair trial, does not give lawyers the opportunity to properly defend the interests
of their clients, and on the other hand, citizens are not given the opportunity
to obtain
and present evidence to the
court.
The case of
former de facto deputies of South Ossetia’s de facto parliament, David Sanakoyev,
Garry Muldarov and Dzambolat Medoyev, who are appealing the decision to revoke
their citizenship of the Russian Federation, remains unresolved to date.
To silence critical media, “Georgian Dream” tries to use financial sanctions. Following several television, online and radio broadcasters, regional media have now also been affected.
Issuance of movement permits, required for travel within and beyond Akhalgori district, has been resumed.
