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Submitted by georgiamedia on Wed, 18/08/2010 - 18:50
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Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF versionThe Georgian interior ministry have admitted that police injured poet and peace activist Irakli Kakabadze when they arrested him on Saturday but say, despite a demand from the country's human rights watchdog that the case be investigated, that he was "only slightly hurt" and that they have no case to answer.
Civil.ge further report that the Georgian Young Lawyers Association have challenged the basis on which Kakabadze and his two collaborators were arrested and say that he should have been liable to no more than a 50 Lari (about $30) fine for the freely admitted offence of defacing a street sign featuring a picture of George W Bush.
Under Georgian law the defacement is not an arrestable offence.
(Video of the events can be seen here)
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