Georgian prosecutors charged three men over an August 2024 incident in which opposition politician Nika Melia, a co-chair of the Ahali party and one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, was assaulted while speaking to journalists during an election campaign event in Samtredia, a town in western Georgia, when a man punched him in the head, triggering a wider brawl. All three were charged under Article 162¹ of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which…
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