The Interim Fact-Finding Commission of the Parliament of Georgia, tasked with examining the actions of the regime in power from 2003 to 2012 and the conduct of its political officials - both past and present, including those affiliated with political parties - questioned Giorgi Khochava regarding alleged human rights violations.

According to G. Khochava, in 2010, at the age of 19, he was detained by then-Deputy Head of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Regional Police, Megis Kardava, and was forced to confess to a theft he claims he did not commit.

He testified that following his detention, in an effort to extract a false confession, he was subjected to severe beatings. He alleged that senior police official Kokhta Kodua planted heroin on him, and that he endured torture - including electric shocks - alongside threats to his family, denial of food and water, and physical abuse directed at his mother and a neighbor during a search of his home.

Khochava further stated that while in Zugdidi prison, physical abuse and torture continued. He was denied timely medical treatment for injuries sustained during this period.

He also reported contracting tuberculosis in Zugdidi prison and said he was transferred to the Ksani penitentiary facility`s TB unit only after 11 months, by which time his body weight had dropped to just 38 kilograms.

In his testimony, Khochava described numerous instances of beatings and inhumane treatment at the TB facility as well. Following the change of government in 2013, he was released under an amnesty law.

"We welcome any names you are willing to share with the Commission - whether in written or confidential form. There is no obstacle to that. Submit those names, and let the law speak for itself. If justice was not served where it should have been, let us work together to ensure that it is. Let us continue to strive for a better future for our country", - said Tea Tsulukiani.