A wave of arrests of high-profile opposition politicians is tearing Georgia's new parliament apart. Those on the receiving end say this is a witch hunt. Giorgi looks nervous as he remembers his experiences in prison. "The physical abuse wasn't the worst thing," he says. "It was constantly being humiliated that was the most difficult to deal with." A pale thin man, in his late 20s, Giorgi did not want to give his surname out of fear of reprisals. He was in Gldani Prison No 8 for two years for a drugs offence. Several times a week guards beat him, he says, and he was subjected to verbal abuse on a daily basis. Now that the country has a new government, he is one...
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