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Georgia: Ambassador Resigns

Saturday, November 10th, 2007 @ 08:48 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Georgia
Topics:: Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Protest, International Relations, Politics

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Resistance Georgia and TOL Georgia report that Levan Mikeladze has resigned as Georgian Ambassador to Switzerland in protest at last week's police crackdown in Tbilisi. TOL Georgia applauds the diplomat for his courage while Resistance Georgia reproduces his letter explaining why.

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