The Public Defender did not mention a single fact of torture in prisons whilst presenting his report to the Parliament of Georgia. This was first reco...

According to the statement of the Parliamentary Majority MP, Eka Beselia: "The Public Defender

We have introduced innovative norms. Representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia will be allowed to take photos in prisons from the upcoming yea...

At the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the Chairman of the Human Rights and Civil

The number of suicides in the penitentiary system has increased during the past three years

At the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, during the presentation of the Report of the

In 2014 the cases of using pre trial detention dropped by 34%

In 2014 the cases of using pre trial detention dropped by 34%

"In 2014, the cases of using pre-trial detention dropped by 34%... In the years of 2009-2010, the rate of using pre-trial detention was almost 100%."

At the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the Chair of the Human Rights and Civil

Today we have a Code which uses the same punishment for both juveniles and adults.

At the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia, whilst discussing the Bill on Juvenile Justice

In regard to the restoration of justice, more than 300 public servants were brought before the court for crimes committed in the previous years.

A member of the Parliamentary Majority, Eka Beselia, as a guest of the talk show, Reaktsia, talked

"The amnesty did not cover any violent crimes."

Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, Eka Beselia, on air on

All of the reforms implemented by the Government of Georgia and its political course are endorsed in international assessments.

According to the statement of the Member of the Parliamentary Majority, Eka Beselia, the critique

"Georgia holds the first or second positions among the Eastern Partnership countries in every single component."

On 24 March 2015, on air on Rustavi 2, the Parliamentary Majority MP, Eka Beselia, elaborated upon

“The amnesty has concerned 8,723 people. In 2013, 503 cases of repeated crime were recorded. This accounts just for 6%.”

On 26 October, as a guest of the TV programme Reaction, Member of the Parliamentary Majority, Eka

“Crime rates have not increased even after such an unprecedented amnesty releasing up to 60% of the prisoners. We were expecting the situation to chan...

“In 2005, the Parliament issued a recommendation to the Public Defender himself. Neither the Parliament nor the Committee which I now represent has se...

On 31 July 2014, at the extra plenary session of the Parliament, the Public Defender of Georgia

“Crime rates have not increased even after such an unprecedented amnesty releasing up to 60% of the prisoners. We were expecting the situation to chan...

On 25 July 2014, while discussing the new cabinet in parliamentary committees, MPs and government

“Public order and morals are the circumstances which may outweigh discrimination during evaluation, so that the action may be considered as justified ...

Eka Beselia, Member of the Parliamentary Majority, stated the following at the plenary session of