Georgia: Police allegedly fail to protect Jehovah's Witness congregation against attack by radical Georgian Orthodox Church supporters

رقم الوثيقة: EUR 56/011/2001
تاريخ النشر: 18 سبتمبر 2001
التصنيفات: أوربا وأسيا الوسطى, جورجيا

On 17 October 1999 radical supporters of the Georgian Orthodox Church are said to have attacked a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and beat them with iron crosses and wooden clubs. The police reportedly refused to come to their help.