Sozar Subari

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Sozar Subari (Georgian: სოზარ სუბარი) is a Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia. He was elected by the Parliament of Georgia for five years term in 2004. Member of Liberty Institute from 2000 to 2004, Subari also functioned as a journalist for Radio Liberty, and an editor of Kavkasioni newspaper.

During the 2007 Georgian demonstrations, he reported being repeatedly beaten by the police, and stated, "Georgia is now the same as Lukashenko’s Belarus."[1]

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  1. ^ "Georgian Leader Imposes a State of Emergency", The New York Times, 2007-11-08.