Georgia Releases 190 Political Prisoners Under New Amnesty Law
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Georgia set free 190 political prisoners who were incarcerated under the previous government after a law pushed through by the country’s new parliament came into effect.
Relatives and supporters gathered outside prisons today to greet those who were amnestied, including political leaders from Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s opposition coalition Georgian Dream. Eka Beselia, the head of parliament’s Committee for Human Rights, symbolically opened the doors of Gldani prison in the capital, Tbilisi, and led prisoners out.