Human Rights Committee Chair: No child at Ninotsminda Boarding School at threat
Human Rights Committee Chair: No child at Ninotsminda Boarding School at threat

Chairman of the parliamentary Human Rights and Civic Integration Committee, Mikheil Sarjveladze, said that Public Defender would be admitted into Ninotsminda Boarding School to carry out monitoring of the current situation there.

Sarjveladze said there was not ground for alarm. Not a single child was at threat. “All reasons for anxiety are solved. Work will continue to resolve all issues,” Mikheil Sarjveladze said.

On June 2, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria reported that she had requested information from the General Prosecutor’s Office and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia about alleged offences that took place in the Ninotsminda Boarding School.

According to the information, investigations were launched into 4 criminal cases of alleged abuse of minors in 2016-2021. Three cases concern alleged violence, and one case – alleged rape.