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Jehovah's Witnesses: September 8, 2000 News Release (371 words) |
 | ZUGDIDI, GEORGIA—Today a troop of club-wielding police broke up a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses by beating several delegates, setting fire to private property and detonating cannon shells. |
| The mayor of Zugdidi, as well as military and police officials, had threatened the convention organizers that they would not allow the convention to proceed, said Genadi Gudadze, a convention speaker from Tbilisi who was present during the attack. |
| The mayor of Zugdidi was advised that Article 25 of the Georgian Constitution guarantees the right of all persons to hold a public assembly without prior permission, said Mamuka Chabashvili, legal counsel for the Witnesses. |
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