CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Progress on Police Accountability, Reversal of Freedom Restrictions in Georgia

Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, called on the Georgian authorities to make progress in ensuring accountability for the disproportionate use of force by law enforcement against protesters and to “review, repeal or substantially amend” controversial legislation concerning freedom of assembly, association and expression, in a June 19 memorandum following his …

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