INTIMIDATION/HARASSMENT BASED ON ALLEGED POLITICAL MOTIVE
Date: 2020-07-17
Period: 2020 Parliamentary elections - Pre-election period
District: Marneuli , Marneuli
Incident Category: Intimidation
2020-07-17 On July 17, at around 4:00pm in v.Araplo of Marneuli, Marneuli Police conducted search in the family of Galip Aliyev, one of the active members of the European Georgia. Official reason for search was the fact that Galip Aliyev was keeping an unregistered weapon (a pistol) at home. A video of the search recorded by one of Aliyev’s family members shows that the police possibly planted drugs. In connection to this case, a member of European Georgia Akhmed Imamkuliyev submitted an application to the prosecution service on July 18. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the search was performed based on judge’s warrant and locals that had gathered at the scene interfered with the investigative actions of the police. As a result, investigation was initiated under para.2 of art.353 (resistance, threats or violence against representative of law enforcement or other government body, perpetrated by a group) and para.1 of art.381 (non-execution or interference with execution of sentence or any other court decision) of the Criminal Code of Georgia.


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