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‘Sexist’ Saakashvili order sparks riots in women’s prison

Published: 19 April, 2009, 16:17


A group of Georgian female convicts who staged a riot following President Saakashvili’s pardoning of 400 male prisoners, has gone on hunger strike. The women had been moved to another prison after Saturday's riot.

 
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