'Accusing state of torture, one must prove it,' Justice Minister says inhumane treatment no longer tolerated in Georgia

20:34, 01.02.2023

Georgia’s Justice Minister Rati Bregadze has remarked on the Ukrainian President’s recent statement that the Georgian government “intends to kill” the jailed ex-President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.

Bregadze deemed it “completely unacceptable and unfair,” stressing “the practice of inhumane treatment and torture is a thing of the past in Georgia. It was a shameful page in Georgian history.”

The Minister claimed that “when accusing the state of inmates’ inhumane treatment, the accuser must provide evidence.”

“It is utterly unacceptable, regardless of who accuses the Georgian state of torturing. We always forbear from commenting on unfair assessments made by certain politicians in Ukraine since this country is at war. This statement is not supported by evidence,” Bregadze emphasised.

Bregadze’s comment follows Zelenskyy’s remark, made during the joint press point with the Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen. He said Saakashvili was “poisoned and slowly being killed.”

By - Marika Kartozia

Politics

Justice Minister Rati Bregadze

Zelenskyy