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Appeal Court but the latter did not change the initial verdict. So, now we are
collecting materials and intend to appeal to the Strasbourg Court,” Giorgi
Mosiashvili told ICK.
On July 8, Tbilisi City Court found 17 citizens guilty in having illegally donated to
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4. Several citizens, who met and shook hands with Bidzina Ivanishvili in Chargali
village, Dusheti district on July 14, were summoned to Zhinvali police.
“It was Vazhaoba holiday dedicated to famous Georgian poet Vazha Pshavela] on July 14
and Bidzina Ivanishvili arrived here. I live in Chargali and it was interesting for me to
meet him. He shook hands with several people and greeted us. I attended the
ceremonies and then returned home. A police officer visited me at home 4 days later and
said I was summoned to police. Last week I went there and they asked the reason of my
presence at the meeting. People in police uniforms, who did not introduce themselves,
talked rudely with me. They warned me against going to the place where Ivanishvili
arrives or I and my son could face problems; we would be arrested and even pleaagreement
would not help us to leave prison,” a man from Chargali village told ICMM.
His family members also confirmed information about police officer‟s visit in their house
and his summoning to police station.
ICMM got in touch with the Zhinvali police office but nobody commented on the fact
there.
Before that, supporters of the coalition Georgian Dream were also summoned to the
police, who had participated in the assembly in Mtskheta on July 1. Head of Georgian
Dream‟s Dusheti district office Dodo Chokheili reported that director of Kvesheti public
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