Both the Prosecutor’s Office and court did not consider a 9-year-old beaten child with autism to be a victim
Tbilisi. According to information of Partnership for Human Rights (PHR) both the Prosecutor's Office and court did not consider a 9-year-old beaten child with autism spectrum to be a victim.
“The father restricted to include Petre in therapeutic courses and blamed the mother of the child for his diagnosis. He brutally punished the child because of a diagnosis of autism. An investigation, initiated in September 2018 in regard to the fact of domestic violence, revealed that victims of both physical and emotional abuse were the mother and sisters of Petre as well, in whose presence the father used to beat and throw various objects onto his wife and son with disability. The Prosecutor's Office recognized the mother and two children as victims of violence, while refused to grant Petre the status of affected”, - is stated on the website of the organization.
Source: phrgeorgia.wordpress.com
