8 people, detained during anti-Namakhvani protest in Gumati, were released, trial postponed

The trial of 8 people detained during a rally against the construction of Namakhvani HPP in Gumati has been postponed. All detainees were released.

As Zaal Gorgodze, GYLA's lawyer, told InterpressNews, the next court hearing is scheduled for June 4.

The lawyers demanded that the administrative proceedings against the detainees be terminated.

Activists say they are being detained illegally and there has been no hooliganism or disobedience on their part.

For the record, during the night of May 27, in the village of Gumati, where iron barricades were erected, a confrontation took place between the opponents of Namakhvani HPP and the police. Opponents of the construction of the Namakhvani HPP protested by hitting their hands and making noise at the barricades, while also trying to get across the barricade and to get to the village of Namakhvani, which was not allowed by the police mobilized on the spot. During the confrontation, the law enforcers detained 8 representatives of the "Rioni Valley Defenders". All eight persons were administratively detained.