A video of the abuse of prisoners in Georgia caused protests in the capital, and the minister in charge of prisons in the country resigned today. The government claims that it is a political provocation ahead of parliamentary elections on October 1, and President Mikheil Saakashvili promised that all perpetrators abuse of prisoners should be punished, AP reports. Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic in the center of Tbilisi, after yesterday two television stations showed a video of guards abusing prisoners, including a video of a prisoner being raped with a police baton. Three police officers were arrested, and the Ministry of the Interior announced that they had received money from colleagues close to opposition leader Bidzin Ivanishvili for organizing and filming the abuse. Ivanishvili denied those claims.
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