Chairperson of the Administration of All Muslims of Georgia being interrogated at the State Security Service

The State Security Service of Georgia has notified InterPressNews that the Chairperson of the Administration of All Muslims of Georgia, Sheikh Mirtag Asadov is being present at the interrogation.

As the State Security Service states, Asadov's interrogation is taking place as part of the investigation about the racial discrimination.

For the record, according to the latest statement "the State Security Department of the State Security Service of Georgia is carrying out an investigation into the fact of racial discrimination, i.e. an act committed by a group of individuals to incite national or racial rivalry or discord in order to degrade national honor and dignity, as well as direct or indirect restriction of human rights or giving advantage to the person based on race, color, national or ethnic belonging, which has substantially breached his/her right, a crime envisaged by article 1421, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph “A" of the Criminal Code of Georgia". According to the State Security Service, "there are groups of individuals, as well as certain individuals in Georgia who are striving to incite national rivalry between ethnic Georgians and Azerbaijanis in Kvemo Kartli and Kakheti regions".