The outmost aim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is to ensure public order and protect citizen’s safety.
The Ministry has been protecting and will protect the right of assembly and freedom of expression of each citizen notwithstanding their political views, religious belief, sexual orientation and any other signs, if freedom of expression does not exceed legal permissible limits.
Yesterday, during the manifestation nearby the Government Chancellery, representatives of law enforcement agencies detained 28 persons administratively for resistance to police and for petty hooliganism, who tried to break the police cordon and expressed their aggression by throwing eggs against the peaceful participants of the manifestation, their supporters and also against the journalists.
From the persons detained by the police seven remain at the temporary detention isolator, while twenty-one persons left the police unit under written undertaking. The Ministry is studying in details video materials reflecting each incident that took place during the manifestation, which will be given legal assessment in the shortest period of time.
Hereby, we would like to inform the society that the fight against crime committed on the grounds of discriminatory motive and their effective investigation is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. This kind of violence and threat of violence on the grounds of this motive is unacceptable. The Ministry has been responsible for each fact and will respond in the future as well. Every fact of the offense will be immediately prevented.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as the agency responsible for protecting the law, calls on citizens to observe the law while manifestations. Otherwise, the police will act within the mandate granted to it.
