SEVEN INMATES KILLED IN PRISON MUTINY IN TBILISI - RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
By empty (3/27/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Unofficial reports claim seven inmates were killed and 19 injured in an operation to quell unrest at Tbilisi Prison No. 5 early on Monday, Yelena Tevdoradze, chairman of the parliamentary human rights committee, told the press. Blame for the mutiny and the premeditated murder of inmates lies with the Interior Ministry and Penitentiary Department, leader of the Right Opposition Party David Gamikrelidze told a news conference on Monday.Visit also
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