Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has charged activist Zurab Menteshashvili with violating the rules for holding assemblies. The Office has released the following information.

According to the Interior Ministry investigation,

• on 25 October the Tbilisi City Court’s Administrative Cases Board had already imposed an administrative penalty on the person for artificially blocking a road;
• on 31 October he was again at the protest near the Parliament of Georgia, with his face covered, artificially blocking the roadway when the small number of people made it unnecessary.

Law-enforcement officers arrested the accused on 1 November. He was charged under Part 1 of Article 347 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

The Prosecutor’s Office will apply to the court for the use of pre-trial detention as a measure of restraint within the statutory time limit.