Georgia’s Home Minister resigned

Georgia’s Home Minister Akhalaiya Bacho resigned in the face of mass protests for the country's prison torture. After broadcasting the video footage on the torture of prisoners on Tuesday, the protests began. Akhalaiya resigned and responsed, "The torturing on prisoners isn’t stopped. For moral and political responsibility for the incident, I decided to step down from the position. It is shown in video footage in the Georgia’s Gladini prison that security officers are beating prisoners.” It is also shown a sexual abuse on the prisoners.The protest started in Georgia. Georgian President Mikhail Sakasavili dismissed all prison officers.

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