Georgia: oppositionist treats his son's detention for beating up transgender as political

Levan Bidzinashvili, a Georgian oppositionist and candidate for Mayor of the city of Gori from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has stressed a political component in the detention of his son for attacking a transgender woman in Tbilisi.

On September 28, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported on the detention in Tbilisi of a suspect of attacking a transgender woman. The detainee is charged with a violence article and faces up to a year in prison.

The detainee is a son of Levan Bidzinashvili, a UNM member, the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel has reported on its website today, specifying that Levan Bidzinashvili is a candidate for Mayor of Gori from the oppositional UNM Party.

"A friend of my son told me that unidentified people drove up in a police car, asked his son's name and drove him away to some unknown place. Most likely this case is related to politics; and what else could it be?" the "Formula" TV Channel quoted Bidzinashvili's words on its website in the evening on September 28.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 29, 2021 at 08:39 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.