Public Defender Examines Garibashvili’s Claims After Jailed Ex-PM Alleges Pressure, ‘Shadow Justice’

Georgia’s Public Defender has begun examining the allegations of pressure, blackmail and coercion raised in the latest public statement by jailed former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who is serving a five-year prison term in a money laundering case and is currently on trial on new bribery charges. The office said in a November 10 statement …