Georgia: Police allegedly support attack on Jehovah's Witnesses by radical supporters of the Georgian Othodox Church

Index Number: EUR 56/013/2001
Date Published: 18 September 2001
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Georgia

In February 2001 radical supporters of the Georgian Orthodox Church attacked a congregation of around 300 Jehovah's Witnesses gathering for a religious meeting in the capital of Georgia. The Jehovah's Witnesses report that a number of their members were beaten and furthermore that their attackers were aided, and joined, by some police officers.