Tbilisi. On October 4, Georgian Democracy Initiative released a statement. 

"On October 2, 2013 Kakheti Information Center issued video recordings of Mr Akhalaia (who is in pre-trial detention), with various visitors", says the statement.

"By undertaking the surveillance, which might have also included members of the the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) members, without such authorization, the Ministry committed an illegal act. Both the Organic Law of Georgia on Public Defender of Georgia and the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture provide for the confidentiality of NPM members’ meetings with inmates as well as prohibits their recording".

Source:gdi.ge