Heroes / Gmirebi (gmirebi.ge)
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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryGeorgia
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Categorypolitical
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Reports of Torture or Ill-treatment.
Subjected to physical abuse or severe ill-treatment in detention. Violation of international law.
Case Summary
Temur Katamadze, also known as Gaffar Yilmaz, is a leader and activist within the Turkish ethnic Georgian community who has been living in Georgia since 2012. He is known as the "Batumi Flag-Bearer" due to his active participation in Batumi protest rallies, where he consistently carried the Georgian flag. The 57-year-old Katamadze has been fighting for Georgian citizenship for years, but has repeatedly been denied. Documented as having been subjected to torture/ill-treatment.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01«My form of struggle is a hunger strike, do not offer me to stop fighting for my homeland.»
- 02«Since the day of my arrest, I have been subjected to constant psychological pressure.»
- 03«For 13 years, I have been living here without leaving the country and continuing the fight against the 'Georgian Dream' and Ivanishvili's regime, which for 13 years has been deliberately denying Georgian citizenship to ethnic Georgians from Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan based on discriminatory policies.»
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Temur Katamadze (PPW case cmpvwqzr). Retrieved June 2, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmpvwqzr200051vg16khl6z22. Original data from Heroes / Gmirebi (gmirebi.ge) (https://gmirebi.ge/en/heroes/91).
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