Tbilisi. The Public Defender responds to the confrontation over allocation of plot of land for cemetery that took place between Christian and Muslim communities in the village of Adigeni, Adigeni municipality, on February 29, 2016.

''The Public Defender calls on both the local and central governments to use all reasonable means to prevent tension and to defuse the situation. He also calls on the law enforcement agencies to investigate the physical confrontation in the shortest period of time, in order the delayed or improper response of the law enforcers not to encourage violence once again'', is noted in the statement.

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