Tea Tsulukiani: CoE Committee of Ministers not considers it necessary to call on Georgian government to ensure Merabishvili’s release

15:38, 07.12.2018

As Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani said the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe once again took a decision, which states that Committee does not consider it necessary to call on the Georgian government to ensure the former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili’s release.

“Once again, I ask everybody to look into the decision made by the Committee of Ministers yesterday, which states that the Committee of Ministers upheld the argument of the Georgian authorities and rejected the argument submitted by lawyer Oto Kakhidze, who requested for Merabishvili’s release”, – Tea Tsulukiani said.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe did not consider it necessary to release Merabishvili from prison. The Committee published the decision on the case, which states that Committee decided to resume its examination of this case at its 1348th meeting (June 2019) (DH) at the latest.

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Council of Europe

Tea Tsulukiani

Вано Мерабишвили