Georgia
Georgians show sympathy for microfinance hostage-taker
The words of a politically-minded hostage-taker have resonated with many Georgians, and have translated into a donation campaign to help him and his financially troubled family. On 24 November, the Tbilisi City Court remanded Levan Zurabashvili, a man who took over a dozen hostages with a fake hand grenade for several hours last week to demand government action on gambling, debt, and pharmaceutical prices, into pre-trial custody. The court denied bail to Zurabashvili and charged him with ‘t
