Georgia: Sentencing of protestors reveals abuse of justice system to silence dissent

Georgia: Sentencing of protestors reveals abuse of justice system to silence dissent

Reacting to the sentencing of twenty protesters in Georgia, yesterday and today, to prison terms for participating in anti-government rallies, including today’s conviction of opposition activist Saba Skhvitaridze and actor Andro Chichinadze, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The trials of Andro Chichinadze, Saba Skhvitaridze and the others show that the Georgian government is in…