Georgian Animal Rights Activist Detained Following Restaurant Confrontation

Animal Rights Defender Tamaz Elizbarashvili Sent to Pretrial Detention Over Restaurant Incident

The Tbilisi City Court sent Tamaz Elizbarashvili, a prominent government-critical animal rights defender, to pre-trial detention after prosecutors charged him with making threats following a confrontation at a Tbilisi restaurant reportedly involving the staff of the pro-government TV Imedi channel. He faces penalties ranging from a fine to up to a year in jail if …

By Civil.ge