US EditionPolice Round Up Activists for Drug Tests Amid Crackdown - Civil Georgia
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs has responded to reports that law enforcement officers are taking activists for drug tests. According to the agency, it is a false campaign that law enforcement officers are only checking protest participants or representatives of a specific party. According to them, based on the tightened legislation on the fight against drugs, drug tests were conducted on 314 people in Tbilisi and the regions over the past week…
Police Round Up Activists for Drug Tests Amid Crackdown - Civil Georgia
Several activists, including members of the opposition Lelo party, were rounded up by police for drug testing in Tbilisi on the evening of July 8, amid the Georgian Dream government’s escalating drug crackdown. Among those taken for testing was activist Beka Papashvili, whom police escorted from the entrance of his girlfriend’s residential block, telling him they had information he was on drugs. He was released about three hours later after repo…
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