If violence occurs at the parliament’s back entrance, does this give the police the right to start cracking down on the rally on Rustaveli? - In my opinion, no! - Why should they arrest a person for several offenders in Freedom Square and take him to a pre-trial detention center? What connection do they have with each other?! - Public Defender Levan Ioseliani said from the rostrum of the parliament.

Ioseliani emphasized today that when a rally is cracked down, the proportionality of the force used by the state should be assessed.

“When I said that despite the fact that there was a formal basis for dispersing the rally, because there was a violent act by a specific group, what is being discussed is how proportionate the force was used to this violent act.

For example, If violence occurs at the back entrance of the parliament building, does this give the police the right to start cracking down on the rally on Rustaveli? - In my opinion, no! People who are standing on Rustaveli and expressing peaceful protest may not know and often do not know what is happening at the back entrance of the parliament or on Chichinadze Street, and their peaceful protest deserves protection, while the actions of the offenders deserve an appropriate response.

This is my approach. If you think differently, you should tell me why they should arrest a person for several offenders in Freedom Square and take him to a pre-trial detention center? What connection do they have with each other?!

It may be difficult for the police to conduct such an event, and probably very difficult, but my goal is to ensure that the standard of dispersal of protests by the police is the best in the world, where not a single person is in any danger and not a single hair is lost, unlike these protests, where we saw many injured people," Levan Ioseliani said at the parliamentary session.

Ioseliani presented an annual report on the human rights situation at the session.