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Davit Dvalishvili violated Charter's 10th principle
21.11.2018
Davit Dvalishvili violated Charter's 10th principle

The material was about the aforementioned material – suicide in village Natanebi. Argumentation was the same as in case of PHR application. Therefore, Council got one decision on both cases, violation of 10th principle.

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