Georgia
Russian activists detained in Tbilisi claim police planted drugs on them
The defendants’ lawyer said the police committed numerous violations during the arrest of his clients.
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Armenia
Armenian police ‘beat and insult’ Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian
Armenian police have been accused of assaulting, insulting, and pepper spraying a Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian whilst detaining him for a parking violation last week. On 1 August, Roman Yeritsyan, a lawyer from Nagorno-Karabakh, published a video on Facebook stating that his brother, Aram Yeritsyan, was ‘severely beaten’ by 10 police officers as he was being detained. Yeritsyan has since published photos of injuries his brother received, stating that his brother sustained a broken hand, broken fi
Armenia
Former Armenian police chief released despite being found guilty of abuse of power
Former chief of the Armenian police, Vladimir Gasparyan, and three other former police officials have been found guilty of abuse of power, forgery, and embezzlement by Armenia’s anti-corruption court, but have been released after amnesties were applied to all four. On Tuesday, the court found Gasparyan, his deputy Levon Yeranosyan, and two other former police officials guilty. Vladimir Gasparyan was found guilty in two cases, but exempted from serving the sentence for one on the basis of th
Armenia
Man arrested and beaten after insulting Armenian ruling party MP
A man arrested for insulting an MP from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party was reportedly beaten by a group of masked people while in detention. Samvel Vardanyan was arrested on charges of hooliganism on Monday after an altercation with MP Hakob Aslanyan on a bus in Yerevan. He was later charged with inciting political enmity. Footage of the incident shows Vardanyan and Aslanyan insulting and pushing each other. On Tuesday, Vardanyan’s lawyers, Ruben Melikyan and Varazdat Harutyunyan, s
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Datablog | Trust and political independence in Georgia’s interior ministry
A CRRC survey found that trust in Georgia’s Interior Ministry and the police is closely tied to perception of the ministry’s political independence, or lack thereof. In summer 2022, CRRC Georgia and the Social Justice Center partnered on a nationwide public opinion survey on state and personal security. It found that while the Interior Ministry was one of the most trusted institutions in the country, many respondents were concerned that the ministry lacks transparency and political impartiali
Armenia
Families evicted from former Armenian Defence Ministry HQ
Police have reportedly evicted over 150 families from the former headquarters of Armenia’s Defence Ministry on the outskirts of Yerevan. Residents protested outside the building, which they are being evicted from ahead of its renovation for use by the State Revenue Committee. The 13-storey building, located northwest of the city on the Yerevan-Ashtarak highway, was given to Armenia’s State Revenue Committee in April 2022. On Thursday, Yerevan police evicted residents of the building who, a
Armenia
Backlash after Pashinyan appoints ‘childhood friend’ as Armenia’s Interior Minister
A group of Armenian civil society organisations is to stop working with the government on police reforms after the appointment of Vahe Ghazaryan, reportedly a childhood friend of PM Nikol Pashinyan, as Minister of Internal Affairs. In a statement on Tuesday, three leading Armenian NGOs announced that they were pulling out of the Police Reform Coordination Council, dismissing it as ‘pointless in the current situation’. ‘Instead of addressing […] the challenges that undermine the reform proc
