Some civil society organizations operating in #Georgia have issued a joint statement, stating that during the demonstrations that began on November 28, representatives of the Special Tasks Department physically abused detainees... 2/10
According to representatives of non-governmental organizations, after using water cannons, the special forces fired five-liter “gas capsules” at tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators, ... 4/10
...which made it impossible to breathe and see, caused panic and created a real threat of stampede and chaos. According to them, there were cases when the head of the Special Tasks Department, Zviad Kharazishvili, personally recorded the video of the beaten detainees. 5/10
“During the arrest process, the special forces physically abused the detainees, and after they were taken into the special forces cordon, the law enforcement officers continued to physically abuse them and then took them to special detention vehicles, ... 6/10
...so-called minivans, where the interior space was arranged in such a way as to make it easier to beat the detainees. Groups of special forces periodically, in turns, entered them and physically abused the detainees there,” the statement says. 7/10
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