As protests against the ruling party in Georgia continue, the number of demonstrators arrested continues to grow. More than 400 arrests have been made in the past week in Tbilisi, the country’s capital, and many of those arrested have had their faces published showing quite gruesome injuries. This week, Georgia’s public ombudsman accused the police of using severe violence against protesters as a form of punishment that constitutes torture. Andrew Connelly reports from Tbilisi.
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