Mikautadze’s Case should be investigated by the Office of the Prosecutor

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association believes that investigation into the death of Mikautadze should immediately be transferred to investigators of the office of the prosecutor.

It has been reported that Mikautadze committed a suicide after he was questioned as a witness at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His family and relatives allege use of physical and psychological coercion by the police. Witness statement of Mamuka Mikautadze itself raises a number of questions, including whether someone would willingly give such testimony that incriminates himself and his friend. An independent expert has already confirmed per-mortem external injuries on Mikautadze’s body inflicted with a “hard, blunt object”. Clearly, most questions about the investigation pertain to actions of MIA officers, which engenders a reasonable doubt that it was their allegedly criminal actions that drove Mikautadze to a suicide.