A Georgian court has sentenced an opposition politician and former official under the United National Movement government, Givi Targamadze, to seven months in prison for failing to appear before a temporary parliamentary investigative commission prob...
A Georgian national has been arrested on charges of large-scale drug trafficking, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday. The ministry said officers from the Main Division for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Central Criminal ...
Georgian authorities have detained six foreign nationals, including citizens of India and Iran, as part of a special immigration control operation aimed at curbing illegal migration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday. The operati...
The Georgian Parliament, led by the ruling Georgian Dream party, has adopted a package of amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts within just two days, using an expedited legislative procedure. The bill introduces significant changes to the ju...
An independent group of legal professionals in Georgia has released a statement responding to the latest package of amendments proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party to the Organic Law on Common Courts. The group expresses concern that the propo...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun reviewing the case of Georgian media manager Mzia Amaglobeli, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) announced on Thursday, which is representing Amaglobeli in the Strasbourg-based court. GY...
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with a high-level event in Tbilisi, reaffirming the government’s commitment to an “uncompromising fight” against drug-related offences. Mi...
Georgia's ruling party, Georgian Dream, is pushing forward a new bill that significantly tightens restrictions on freedom of expression by criminalizing so-called “indecent behavior” and verbal “disrespect” toward judges — not only inside courtrooms ...
Tbilisi City Court Judge Arsen Kalatozishvili has ordered two months of pre-trial detention for acclaimed Georgian poet Zviad Ratiani, who was arrested near Parliament on June 23. The prosecution accuses Ratiani of assaulting a police officer. The d...
Tbilisi City Court has fined Levan Khabeishvili, Chairman of the United National Movement’s (UNM) political council, 4,000 GEL for a Facebook post deemed offensive toward ruling party lawmakers. Judge Manuchar Tsatsua announced the decision earlier ...
