Rally underway in front of Special Investigation Service in Batumi, demanding suspension of Batumi police chief’s authority

Journalists, representatives of political parties and members of non-governmental organizations are holding a protest rally in front of the Special Investigation Service in Batumi.

Their main demand is to suspend the authority of the head of the Batumi City Division of the Adjara Police Department, Irakli Dgebuadze.

According to the protest participants, the persecution of the founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, must stop and she must be released immediately.

“We demand that the Special Investigation Service promptly investigate the facts of inhuman treatment and humiliation of Mzia Amaglobeli by the head of the Batumi Police, Irakli Dgebuadze.

The authority of the head of the Batumi Police, Irakli Dgebuadze, must be suspended.

The investigative service launched an investigation under the article of abuse of official authority, and not under the article of inhuman and degrading treatment, which Mzia Amaglobeli describes and which is a serious crime, accordingly, deserves a severe punishment,” the gathered people say.

As the Special Investigation Service told InterPressNews, an investigation is underway into alleged abuse of official authority with the use of force against persons detained at a protest rally in Batumi.

“An investigation is underway in the Adjara Autonomous Region Division of the Special Investigation Service into alleged abuse of official authority with the use of force by individual employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia against persons detained at a protest rally in Batumi,” the agency said.