Shalva Esartia, an anti-government protester in the western Georgian town of Zugdidi, has been sent to pretrial detention and faces up to one year in jail, as he is charged with repeated, third-time “disobeying a lawful police order” in a criminal case his supporters say is “absurd” and a classic example of “repression.” Esartia was detained on March 17 after police stopped him in a car, accusing him of failing to yield to a pedestrian. Denying …
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