AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Media Advisory

AI Index: EUR 56/002/2006 (Public)

News Service No: 023

27 January 2006

Georgia: Press conference invitation

Torture and ill-treatment still a concern

Published

Amnesty International delegates are in Tbilisi to meet government officials and urge them to keep the eradication of torture and ill-treatment on their agenda as a priority issue. They will present them with the organization's report, Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment -- still a concern after the "Rose Revolution", which exposes practices such as police cover-ups and inappropriate investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment by police.

The delegates will present the findings of the report on torture and ill-treatment in Georgia and the results of their follow-up discussions with Georgian government officials at a meeting with journalists:

When: Thursday, 2 February 2006, 1100am local time (0700am GMT)

Where: Meeting room I

Marriott Courtyard Hotel

4 Freedom Square

Who: Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International, Europe and Central Asia Programme Director

Anna Sunder-Plassmann, Amnesty International, Researcher on Georgia

For more information please contact: Lydia Aroyo, Press Officer for Europe and Central Asia at Amnesty International on +44 (0) 20 7413 5599, +44 (0) 7771 796 350, or +995 (8) 95 57 96 53 from 30 January to 3 February 2006; e-mail: laroyo@amnesty.org.

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