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56. During the night of August 7, 2012 people in plain clothes detained Imeda Nikuradze,
Elita Burji Ltd‟s lawyer, and took him to an undisclosed location. Later it was clarified that
he had been detained and was held in the main Tbilisi Police Station.
On August 8, Tbilisi City Court sentenced Imeda Nikuradze to 20-day administrative
imprisonment for resisting court executors during the raid of Elita Burji‟s office on the night
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57. Georgian Dream‟s supporter Kristopher Jangirashvili was arrested by police in village
Arguni of Dusheti district after what he was placed in Mtskheta hospital. Right now he is in
the intensive care unit.
“ Dusheti police officers arrested Jangirashvili two days after his meeting with us.
Jangirashvili was in preliminary detention setting in Dusheti. He was taken to a hospital by
police. This fact is confirmed by the hospital personnel. Right now Kristophor Jangirashvili is
in hospital. His ward is guarded by security officers. We were not allowed to see him. The
doctor said he has high blood pressure, but people with blood pressure of 150-100 are not
generally placed in intensive care unit. Supposedly, he was physically abused. We cannot
confirm or rule out anything because we were not allowed to see him. As for the second
detainee, Janguli Jangirashvili, he was arrested for minor hooliganism. He already talked
with a lawyer. Jangul Jangirashvili said he was arrested for political motives and does not
plead guilty,” Tevdore Kariauli head of Georgian Dream‟s Dusheti office told Information
Centre of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
Georgian Dream‟s supporters Kristopher and Jangul Jangirashvilis were arrested by MIA
Dusheti police officers in Arguni village on August 12. 76
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