Guram Macharashvili: Political persecution is when someone is oppressed, physically assaulted, not allowed to speak in Parliament, or prevented from entering the City Council. In our case, it’s the opposite — we were telling them to go to Parliament, to the City Council — so it cannot be called persecution

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3. Guram Macharashvili: Political persecution is when someone is oppressed, physically assaulted, not allowed to speak in Parliament, or prevented from entering the City Council. In our case, it’s the opposite — we were telling them to go to Parliament, to the City Council — so it cannot be called persecution