Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:03am on 01 Dec 2025,Monday International
A BBC investigation suggests that Georgian police used a World War One-era chemical, known as camite, on protesters in Tbilisi last year. Demonstrators reported severe burning sensations, coughing, vomiting and breathing issues that lasted for weeks. A doctor who studied nearly 350 protesters found long-term symptoms and heart signal issues in many of them. Whistleblowers from the riot police said the chemical was mixed into water cannon tanks. Chemical experts told the BBC that the evidence strongly points to camite, a powerful and outdated agent. Georgia’s government denied the findings and called them “absurd”. (PC: BBC)
