Georgia: Appeal cases: Police allegedly support mob attack on Jehovah's Witnesses

Index Number: EUR 56/006/2001
Date Published: 1 April 2001
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Georgia

This appeal case details how supporters of the Georgian Orthodox Church attacked a congregation of around 300 Jehovah's Witnesses that was gathering for a religious meeting in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The mob were aided, and joined, in the attack by some police officers.