Georgia
Fired Justice Ministry official on hunger strike in Georgia
A former employee of the Georgian Justice Ministry has gone on hunger strike after the ministry failed to rehire him despite the courts ruling he must be given back his job. Tamaz Akhobadze was fired from the ministry’s Crime Prevention Centre in 2014 along with a former colleague, Ana Subeliani. The two claimed their dismissal was politically motivated and appealed to the courts. After winning their case in the Court of Appeals in 2017, the Justice Ministry was ordered to rehire the two
