President Demands that Law Enforcers Eradicate Torture

(Tbilisi. December 24. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze supports the initiative of some human rights NGOs to eradicate facts of torture by the police.

“I appreciate activity of the NGOs to reveal the facts of torture and violation of human rights,” Eduard Shevardnadze stated in his traditional Monday radio broadcast on December 24.

Georgian President demanded from the law enforcers, especially from Internal Affairs Minister Koba Narchemashvili to eradicate tortures in the provisional detention centers and punish policemen suspected in the violation of human rights.

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