US Senator Jeanne Shaheen has voiced strong support for Georgia’s civil society, stressing that offering legal assistance to citizens detained during protests cannot be treated as a crime.
“Providing legal aid to protestors detained by the Georgian Dream government is not a crime. Nor is it ‘sabotage against the state.’ I continue to stand with the Georgian people and members of civil society who seek to preserve Georgia’s democracy,” Shaheen wrote on social media.
Her remarks come as the Prosecutor’s Office pursues an investigation that has resulted in the freezing of bank accounts belonging to several non-governmental organizations.
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