US Sanctions Georgian Officials for Protester Abuses

Department of State

The United States is imposing sanctions today on Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and the Deputy Head of the Ministry's Special Task's Department Mirza Kezevadze under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for brutal and violent crackdowns on

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