Amnesty International- An international organization for protection of human rights, - has recently published its annual report reviewing the level of fulfilling terms of the decree issued in 2006 by European Union for the member states of EU. According to the decree the export should be limited for a certain type of special equipments; however the usage of the same equipment is not prohibited for the law enforcement agencies of EU member states. The above mentioned report points out some judicial defects of the decree which even today allows countries to perform the export and provides examples. In this extensive report, Georgia is mentioned twice as a country towards which two member states of European Union have ignored the terms of the EU decree. Unfortunately there was only one sentence covering Georgia which was not only vaguely written but also contained mistakes. Based on unconfirmed sources, the report states that a certain German company has illegally sold police electric shocker device to the several countries. Internet source indicated in the report is untraceable and therefore it becomes impossible to study doubts voiced in the report (if there are any) or make a comprehensive respond. It is also impossible to confirm the authenticity of the mentioned source. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has never purchased any equipment from Germany. There are only "Volkswagen "made vehicles of German production on the balance of the Ministry which were purchased in local "Volkswagen "center. The same vague reference can be found regarding the export from the Czech Republic.

Quotation from the report made in 2005 by Manfred Nowak -United Nations special reporter is also included in the mentioned report of 2010 which is: A) not in any reference with the recent report and B) reveals the cases of torture committed before 2005. Full version of quotation included in the report of 2005 made by Mr. Nowak, which was not destined to be fully included in the recent report, states that back in 2004-2005 some cases of torture were still revealed, however Mr. Nowak also underlined the positive aspects reached after 2003 as a result of "Rose Revolution" which were aimed at elimination of torture precedents. He also was grateful that the majority of his recommendations were already fulfilled by the government of Georgia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reiterates its readiness to cooperate with "Amnesty International" and will submit all necessary information in order to correct inaccuracies made in the report which hopefully are of mechanic character. When covering such an extensive material the risk of making mistake is quite real.

Georgia, which has succeeded in eliminating the cases of torture widely approbated in the nearest past at police stations and temporary detention centers (fundamental elimination of cases of torture within law enforcement agencies was widely recognized by all international organizations, Georgian society and former as well as acting Public Defenders of Georgia. The mentioned police reform is considered to be the most important achievement so far.) shares the idea of European Union to establish control over the export/import of equipment that can become the tool of torture in case of illegal application. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia does not possess many of those equipments which are widely used by law enforcement agencies in everyday practice in the United States and countries of Europe and once again states that appliance of police equipment such as police issued weapon, handcuffs or bludgeons are strictly monitored and subject to permanent control.