Man Who Leaked Police Violence Footage Jailed for 17 Years on Drug Charges
Georgian IT worker Giorgi Kvitsaridze, who was reportedly behind the leak of footage showing police abuse of detainees to opposition-leaning TV Pirveli, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison on serious drug charges, in what the family and lawyers allege to be retribution through drug planting and pressure. Kutaisi City Court Judge Ketevan Tkhelidze …