Georgia: Ex-president Saakashvili goes on trial, decries ‘torture’ in prison
By France24
30 November 2021 |
3:07 pm
Opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili says charges against him for his role in suppressing a 2007 protest are "trumped up." Amnesty International called his arrest "political revenge."
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