Georgian activist Albi Kordzaia sentenced to administrative arrest for the third time

A supporter of European integration, Albi Kordzaia, has been sentenced to 12 days of administrative arrest, accused of resisting the police.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, the activist was one of 23 people detained at the rally on September 2. Kordzaia spoke about the violence from the police. "A police officer grabbed me from behind and threw me into a car. First, they beat me in the building, and then they took me, Tatia Afriamashvili, Shushana Matsaberidze and Nene Gablaia to the Akhaltsikhe pre-trial detention center."

Today, the Tbilisi City Court arrested Albi Kordzaia for 12 days. "With my inflamed stomach, I will probably end up in the hospital again soon. "I'm going to pack my things," Kordzaia wrote on her Facebook page*.

The activist was charged with violating Articles 166 and 173 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which include disobeying a police officer and petty hooliganism, the Sova resource reported.

This is Albi Kordzaia's third arrest. On July 8, she was sentenced to 5 days of administrative arrest in the case of insulting police officer Bidzina Zhamerashvili, a witness in the case of 21-year-old Mate Devidze, who was arrested on charges of attacking security forces.

On June 4, Kordzaia, who was brought to administrative responsibility for insulting the chairperson of the temporary investigative commission of parliament, Tea Tsulukiani, was arrested for 10 days. According to the Interior Ministry, on April 2, the activist called Tsulukiani a “slave of Russia” and a “traitor to the country” over a loudspeaker, Interpressnews reported.