Her husband of 25 years. Malkhaz Gorgiladze. stayed in Georgia and warned Olga of the dangers posed to her if she returned to that country. He encouraged her to seek asylum in the United States and collected evidence for her hearing. He especially worked to document police inactivity and the Georgian officials .complicity in attacks on nonGeorgians by violent nationalist groups. The police warned him to stop his efforts. Malkhaz Gorgiladze began to receive anonymous phone calls and threats and warnings to stop criticizing the police. In 1996. while returning home from a New Years Eve gathering. his car was rammed by a Georgian police car and Olgas husband was killed. When asked by the immigration judges at Justice. our State Department reported that Georgia is in a state of ceasefire and everybody is getting along with each other. Further. the Justice Department conjectured that if the Georgian police wanted Olgas husband killed. the would have used means other than an auto accident involving a police car. The INS and immigration judges down there at the Justice Department have used this information and conclusions to deny Mrs. Gorgiladzes request for asylum. Yet. there were numerous letters and affidavits by witnesses regarding Malkhaz Gorgiladzes murder.
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