MINELRES: Smash with Roma in Georgia

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Original sender: Ucha Nanuashvili <hridc@internet.ge>


Smash with Roma
                                       
TBILISI, Georgia - On 9 August 2003 a Roma merchant beat Darejan Korsava
resulting in her hospitalisation. The situation of her health is not
life threatening. According to the official information the quarrel
started after Korsava went to the Roma merchant to return the trousers
she had bought before that made them upset and caused him to beat the
woman. After the incident, people dispersed the Roma and destroyed their
places of trade and continued beating and menacing the Roma community
for several hours.
  
According to unofficial sources, the officials of the market provoked
the situation as they wanted to hold those places Roma use for trading. 
  
Police arrested 23 year old Vitali Khutsishvili alleged in organising
the conflict for only 3 hours. Didube-Chugureti police is investigating
the incident. 
  
Ucha Nanuashvili

Executive Director
The Human Rights Information and Documentation Center
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