Amendments to the Freedom Charter and the Code of Administrative Violations have been introduced to the Georgian parliament to adopt fines of a thousand lari (about $600) for fascist and communist symbols, refusal to take down monuments and rename streets with names of ideological leaders, News Georgia reports.
The fines will concern symbols of totalitarian communism, characterized by violation of the human rights, physical terror, murders, executions in labour camps, famine and deportation, torture and slave work, persecution for ethnic and religious background, as well as violation of freedom of faith, opinion and respect.
Legislators propose formation of a special commission to monitor presence of such symbols and fascist and communist-related names of streets and residential areas.
