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Police Violence During Protests in Georgia: Sharp Criticism from OSCE and Ombudsman
The escalating protests in Georgia against the government's decision to suspend EU accession negotiations until 2028 have been accompanied by a wave of international criticism. Both the OSCE and the Georgian human rights commissioner have condemned the disproportionate use of force by the police. Reports of excessive police violence, numerous injuries, and arrests paint a bleak picture of the situation in the former Soviet republic.
Following anti-LGBT unrest, Georgians protested against homophobia in front of parliament in 2021. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; LeontinaVarlamonva, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
The political crisis in the Georgian capital Tbilisi has escalated to new heights. Following the government's decision to suspend EU accession negotiations until 2028, thousands of people took to the streets of the city in protest. The use of police violence against the demonstrators caused national and international outrage.
The protests, which originally began as peaceful…
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