Georgian media reports that Ariel Cohen, leading expert of the Heritage Foundation for Russian, Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, at the Helsinki Commission hearings, held in Washington, announced that the Georgian government has taken drastic steps which show that it will cope with reformation of the system.
As reported, the topic of the hearings was the upcoming elections and pre-election situation in Georgia and Georgian ambassador to the United States, Temur Yakobashvili, attended the hearings.
Cohen, speaking about recent events in Georgia, stressed that scandals around the prison system are not new, not only for transitional democracies, but even for the U.S., which had scandals with Abu Ghraib and riots in two prisons.
