UK ‘becomes first state to sanction Georgia’s general prosecutor’

David Lammy said Georgian authorities had been ‘flying in the face’ of claims to offer a ‘democratic future’ (PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain has become the first country to sanction Georgia’s state prosecutor following a series of crackdowns on demonstrators and opposition figures since last year, the Foreign Office said.

General prosecutor Giorgi Gabitashvili and three other high-ranking officials have been made subject to asset freezes and travel bans for their role in “allowing serious human rights violations”, the department said.