30 January 2004, 12:00
Adjarian authorities release Kmara activist Avto Beridze
One of the activists of the Kmara (Enough) youth movement, Avto Beridze, was released in Batumi on January 29.
Avto Beridze was detained by Adjarian law enforcers on January 28, in a few minutes before the beginning of the protest rally that the organization was to hold in Batumi.
Avto Beridze told journalists that first he had been threatened and then he had been offered a good job and privileges as a way of gaining him over.
Editors note: See also the article "Activist of Kmara movement detained in Batumi".
Source: Novosti-Gruzia Information Agency