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1 day ago

The Camite Controversy: Facts, Frictions, and the Fight for Accountability Allegations of camite use during protests in Georgia have raised concerns about the use of chemical agents in modern law enforcement

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The Camite Controversy: Facts, Frictions, and the Fight for Accountability
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The reports of chemical-induced water cannons aimed at protesting civilians in Georgia have resulted in a very complex dispute, ...

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3 weeks ago

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Chemical weapons allegations and legal battle: Georgia’s authorities respond to BBC
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said at a briefing on 15 January that, under procedures set out in ...

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1 month ago

NSW Police Liberally Deployed Potentially Lethal Pepper Spray at Herzog Rally The use of overwhelming police force at the Sydney sally including assaults and liberal use of pepper spray represents a new level of brutality in New South Wales.

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NSW Police Liberally Deployed Potentially Lethal Pepper Spray at Herzog Rally
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-pol...

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For those who have been paying attention to Australian policing developments over recent years, it will ...

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1 month ago

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1 month ago

Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says A judge in Oregon has temporarily restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. U.S.

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Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says
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Cities across the country have seen demonstrations against the administration’s immigration enforcement surge.
Last month, a ...

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1 month ago

Trump scolds CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling as she asks about Epstein abuse survivors – as it happened This live blog is now closed.

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Judge orders federal officers to stop #teargassing 'Portland chicken' and other nonviolent protesters and journalists at #ICE facility
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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The order comes after federal officers fired massive amounts of tear gas ...

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1 month ago

‘People collapsed': mystery chemicals lobbed at Iran protestors - eyewitnesses Iranian security forces deployed unknown chemical substances amid deadly crackdowns on protestors in several cities earlier this month, eyewitnesses told Iran International, causing severe breathing p...

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‘People collapsed': mystery chemicals lobbed at Iran protestors - eyewitnesses
www.iranintl.com/en/202601235...

Iranian security forces deployed unknown chemical substances amid deadly crackdowns on protestors in several cities earlier this month, ...

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1 month ago

Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota, Then Backtracks

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Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota, Then Backtracks
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

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The ruling on Friday by Judge Kate M. Menendez of the Federal District Court in Minnesota said that chemical agents had been used ...

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2 months ago

Sydney Man Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed by Police The 52 year old man from Sydney’s inner west suffered a fatal heart attack after police deployed OC spray during his arrest.

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Sydney Man Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed by Police
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/sydney-...

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The outcome of a Victorian Supreme Court class action challenging the way in which VicPol officers were wielding the nonlethal ...

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2 months ago

Kobakhidze confirms substance in water cannons following BBC investigation but rules out ‘camite’ Heated debate continues in Georgia over the BBC investigation into the winter 2024 protest crackdown.

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Kobakhidze confirms substance in water cannons following BBC investigation but rules out ‘camite’
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In another response to the BBC investigation, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze confirmed that during the ...

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2 months ago

What Sources Does the BBC Rely on When It Suggests the Possible Use of Camite During the Dispersal of Protests with Water Cannon On 2 December, pro-government TV channels (Imedi, Rustavi 2, POSTV), government-aligned experts Davit Chikhelidze, Ghia Abashidze, and Amiran Salukvadze, and

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What Sources Does the BBC Rely on When It Suggests the Possible Use of Camite During the Dispersal of Protests with Water Cannons?
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The Georgian Dream party also responded to the BBC’s report. In its ...

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2 months ago

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Why BBC investigation could become a "black swan" for the Georgian government
www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...

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Former Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri, the official in charge during the protest crackdowns, was pushed forward. ...

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2 months ago

Parliament says Georgia to lodge complaint against the BBC with regulator to expose disinformation - 1TV “First and foremost, we will lodge a complaint with the regulatory commission against the BBC, which is based in Britain. We have already said that we will accordingly use other legal means; we will p...

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Parliament says Georgia to lodge complaint against the BBC with regulator to expose disinformation
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“We will pursue both the exposure of those spreading disinformation and the question of what we ...

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2 months ago

Several NGOs urge OPCW Director-General to dispatch mission to Georgia - 1TV Several Georgian non-governmental organisations are appealing to the Director-General of the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), UN Special Rapporteurs, and the Council of ...

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Several NGOs urge OPCW Director-General to dispatch mission to Georgia
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“Georgian non-governmental organisations have jointly appealed to the Director-General of the UN Organisation for the ...

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2 months ago

UK urges Georgia to investigate alleged use of WWI-era chemical on protesters | Caliber.Az The United Kingdom has called on Georgia to meet its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and ensure that allegations of the use of toxic chemicals...

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UK urges Georgia to investigate alleged use of WWI-era chemical on protesters
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“I was deeply concerned by the BBC report alleging that Georgian police used toxic chemicals against protesters in Tbilisi in late 2024,” ...

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2 months ago

Preliminary Georgian investigation rejects BBC claim of WWI-era chemical use, says police deployed standard CS tear gas Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has released its preliminary findings into allegations that police used a World War I–era chemical

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Preliminary Georgian investigation rejects BBC claim of WWI-era chemical use, says police deployed standard CS tear gas
georgiatoday.ge/preliminary-...

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On Saturday, SSG Deputy Head Lasha Maghradze dismissed the allegations, stating that “CS gas was ...

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2 months ago

Opinion – Evidence that Georgia Deployed WW1-Era Chemicals against Demonstrators Weapons experts consulted by the BBC suggested that an obsolete, more potent agent like camite was used, alongside CS-gas, in Tbilisi.

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Opinion – Evidence that Georgia Deployed WW1-Era Chemicals against Demonstrators
www.e-ir.info/2025/12/19/o...

An investigation by the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team has uncovered evidence suggesting that during ...

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2 months ago

Call to end police OC spray use after landmark finding An activist's six-year battle against a state over its use of capsicum spray at protests has culminated in a landmark finding that police committed battery.

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Call to end police OC spray use after landmark finding
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A landmark finding that police committed battery and were "inhumane" in using capsicum spray against protesters should end its use, ...

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3 months ago

Amnesty International: probe “kamit” use in Georgia, impose police equipment embargo on the country Criticizes the “hostile activity” charges brought against witnesses BBC respondents. Amnesty International on “kamit” use in Georgia

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Amnesty International: probe “camite” use in Georgia, impose police equipment embargo on the country
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The international human rights organization Amnesty International has called for an independent international ...

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3 months ago

Ex-Georgian Interior Ministry official confirms toxic substance used on protesters Lasha Shargelashvili: “It was tested in 2009 or earlier, but proved too toxic”

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Former Georgian interior ministry officer confirms use of toxic chemical against protesters in Tbilisi
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Shargelashvili said the tests were conducted at the Yalgudja training ground. He explained that they ...

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3 months ago

Interview with a Doctor Whose Study on Chemical Exposure During Georgia’s Protests Was Featured in the BBC Investigation - Batumelebi BBC Investigation • Georgia Protests • Georgian Dream • Repression In Georgia •

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Interview with a Doctor Whose Study on Chemical Exposure During Georgia’s Protests Was Featured in the BBC Investigation
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...

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To summarize: even standard tear gas should not be used so intensely or so ...

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3 months ago

What Sources Does the BBC Rely on When It Suggests the Possible Use of Camite During the Dispersal of Protests with Water Cannon On 2 December, pro-government TV channels (Imedi, Rustavi 2, POSTV), government-aligned experts Davit Chikhelidze, Ghia Abashidze, and Amiran Salukvadze, and

#ChemicalWeapons #RiotControl #Camite #Georgia
What Sources Does the BBC Rely on When It Suggests the Possible Use of Camite During the Dispersal of Protests with Water Cannons?
mythdetector.com/en/what-sour...

On 2 December, pro-government TV channels (Imedi, Rustavi 2, POSTV), ...

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3 months ago

Just published scientific analysis on the use of #camite in #Georgia
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Collateral damage: Cardiovascular and respiratory implications of tear gas deployment during peaceful protest

[ #OpenSource - PDF available]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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3 months ago

When Water Burns - BBC Eye investigates potential use of World War One chemical against anti-government demonstrators in Georgia When Water Burns: The Fight for Georgia is an investigation by BBC World Service which has uncovered evidence suggesting that the Georgian government used water cannons laced with a chemical weapon ag...

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When Water Burns - BBC Eye investigates potential use of World War One chemical against anti-government demonstrators in Georgia
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

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The documentary reveals the results of a medical study shared exclusively ...

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3 months ago

#ChemicalWeapons #RiotControl #Camite #Georgia
Georgia Opens Inquiry Into BBC Report, Sources Under Scrutiny
www.occrp.org/en

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However, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) announced it had launched an investigation in response to the report, citing suspected abuse of official authority...

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3 months ago

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Concerning yesterday's BBC report (www.bbc.com/news/article...) about the use of Bromobenzyl cyanide ( #WW1 code: BBC - no pun intended), and named Camite (WW1 code: CA) by the French, check out:

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3 months ago

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3 months ago

WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.

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WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I've never seen camite being utilised in modern society. Camite is markedly irritating [and] persistent with its irritation."
He speculated it would ...

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3 months ago

Is tear gas a war crime? - MinnPost The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Geneva Convention both contain exceptions for “domestic law enforcement purposes.”

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Is the use of tear gas by law enforcement officers considered a war crime?
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Though many have condemned the use of tear gas on protestors, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Geneva Convention both contain ...

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3 months ago

#ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #CSP30 #Russia #RiotControl
Russia calls on OPCW to create formal list of riot control agents
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"Russia has repeatedly called for taking measures to draw up a list of 17 toxic chemicals classified as riot control agents and once again urges ...