17:04, August 23, 2012
Victims often don’t even file cases, or drop them later because legal process is so traumatic.
By Nino Gvedashvili - Caucasus
As the Georgian parliament looks at ways of combating sexual violence more effectively, rights activists say official figures seriously understate the scale of the problem, as victims often have a hard time bringing cases.
Georgia's Supreme Court says 170 rape cases have come to trial since 2008, most of them in relation to minors. The city court in the capital Tbilisi, meanwhile, has tried 100 cases in the last six years, with guilty verdicts in all but three.
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