On July 9, 2024, another working meeting was held between the Public Defender’s Office and the Special Penitentiary Service. The agencies discussed the challenges identified by the Public Defend ...

On June 24, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited prisoners at the VivaMedi clinic, including the 3rd President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. According to the Public Defender, based on his ...

On June 10, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited the unit of Penitentiary Establishment No. 8 (the so-called Matrosov prison). The Public Defender inspected the facility's infrastructure, com ...

On May 29, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Penitentiary Establishment No. 10 in Ksani. The Public Defender checked the infrastructure of the penitentiary institution, the living conditio ...

Representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia visited two detained protesters in Penitentiary Establishment No. 8, after information was publicly spread about their ill-treatment earlier today. As ...

The forms of alleged ill-treatment, the result of which the public saw from the photos showing the injuries on the body/face of detained Davit Katsarava, are disturbing. A representative of the Public ...

On May 13, representatives of the Public Defender visited 23 persons detained on the basis of Administrative Offences Code of Georgia in the vicinity of the Parliament of Georgia. Unfortunately, pract ...

The Public Defender periodically presents information to the public about the results of visits made to the persons arrested at the rallies, including information about alleged ill-treatment and use o ...

The Public Defender’s Office is constantly monitoring the events developed during the protests ongoing in the capital. Representatives of the Public Defender continue to search for the detainees ...

The Public Defender of Georgia and representatives of the Office are monitoring the events developed in the vicinity of the Parliament. Unfortunately, we have again observed cases of alleged ill-treat ...

Last night, representatives of the Public Defender visited 8 people, including blogger Ucha Abashidze, who pointed to psychological pressure and verbal abuse from the law enforcement officers. Informa ...

The Public Defender’s Office is monitoring the ongoing developments relating to the blogger and military journalist Ucha Abashidze, the several-hour search of his house and his subsequent arrest ...