Alexi Petriashvili, who was detained during the protest, was visited by a lawyer

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Alexi Petriashvili, who was detained during the protest, was visited by a lawyer

29-04-2024 08:29

Alexi [Buka] Petriashvili, former State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration [2012-2014] was detained by police during the protest rally in front of the Parliament.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he’s been detained on administrative charges, under the Art. 166 [petty hooliganism] and Art. 173 [resisting the police].

According to his lawyer, Levan Samushia, the accusation is baseless: “He himself is stunned. He doesn’t even know what he was arrested for. It’s a pity that this is reality. The law enforcement system is politicized from beginning to end”.

Petriashvili is currently a Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies [Rondeli Foundation].

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