The comprehensive study of the dissolution of the solidarity action linked with the International Workers’ Day has really great importance with regards to the public, which should have the right inner belief about the political and legal responsibility of civil society.

We think that inadequate legal assessment together with the discussion of the issue from civil position interferes the process of establishing the truth. Therefore, it’s necessary that the Ministry of Internal Affairs should investigate the incident and in parallel, the human rights and freedoms protected by international legislation should not be ignored.

According to Young Barrister’s evaluation based upon the actual materials, the students have violated the public order, however we think that in the process of implementations the Georgian police has exceeded the proportional force. It’s important to us that the behavior of police and the students should be assessed in compliance with the law.

Georgian police should have to consider the peaceful nature of the demonstration, its purpose and the age of the participants that would exclude the conflict between the police and the participants of the demonstration.

We believe that the intentional or unintentional occupation of the street by students should not be lead by the violence escalation and by the arrests. The students’ arrest was not aimed for the legal missions. In addition, the students were not warned about not to violate the public order. That is why the arrest of the demonstrators should be the last resort that would exclude the violence.

In Addition, in order to fully assess the relations between the parties in conflict, it’s important to find out whether students’ administrative violation was really deliberate or not.

Young Barristers think that the interference of journalistic activity also took place. The police should have to consider the presence of media representatives and their mission. The arrest of TV9 journalist revealed that the conflict held during the demonstration had chaotic nature, as the identification between the demonstrators and the media representatives was not reached.

The inquiry should be also interested in studying whether the fact of the crime commitment was the result of the provocation or not, as the part of the students talk about the presence of unknown persons with aggressive behavior.