Tbilisi. Public Defender of Georgia Ucha Nanuashvili expresses his sorrow over the death of a person during his detention by police officers on Tbilisi’s Nutsubidze Plateau on October 25, 2017, and calls the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia to timely and effectively conduct all the investigative and procedural actions and launch criminal proceedings against the law enforcement officers if their illegal actions are proved.

The Public Defender also responds to the statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the dissemination of video footage by them, which was a clear attempt to discredit the deceased person in the public.

Source: www.ombudsman.ge