Law
Tbilisi court fines protester amid claims of false testimony, video evidence contradictions
The Tbilisi City Court has fined protester Giorgi Chkheidze 4,000 GEL following his arrest in the court yard on April 21. The ruling was delivered today by Judge Davit Tetrauli, in a case that has sparked concerns over due process and the treatment o...
Lawyer warns of former Georgian Co-Investment Fund chief assassination threat
Robert Amsterdam, the lawyer representing Giorgi Bachiashvili, former head of Georgia’s Co-Investment Fund, has issued a public statement warning of a possible plot to assassinate his client. In a release published on April 23, Amsterdam—known for pr...
Tbilisi court sets bail for opposition leader Vashadze over investigation commission no-show
The Tbilisi City Court has set bail at 50,000 GEL for Giorgi Vashadze, leader of the opposition Strategy Agmashenebeli party, citing his failure to appear before a parliamentary investigative commission formed by the ruling Georgian Dream party to pr...
Police clear protesters from central avenue as demonstrations continue in Tbilisi
The Georgian police on Monday forcibly removed demonstrators from Rustaveli Avenue after they blocked the central thoroughfare in protest against recent arrests during earlier rallies, sparked by the Georgian government’s decision late last year to d...
Two detained during protest on Rustaveli Avenue on Sunday, police say
Two individuals were detained during a protest on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi on Sunday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The Ministry said the detainees – identified as Giorgi Ortoidze and Giorgi Samkharadze – have been accused of dis...
Georgian journalist fined after arrest in central Tbilisi
A Georgian journalist has been fined 2,500 GEL following his arrest earlier this month in Tbilisi. Saba Sordia, a journalist with the local outlet Indigo, was detained on 6 April near the Marjanishvili metro station and charged with disobeying a pol...
Georgian authorities probe fake emails sent in name of patrol police chief
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation after numerous citizens reported receiving suspicious emails falsely attributed to the Head of the Patrol Police Department. According to an official statement released on Thursday...
Azerbaijani journalist released from Georgian detention after bail payment
Afgan Sadigov, an Azerbaijani journalist held in extradition custody in Georgia, has been released after posting a bail of 5,000 GEL, according to the Social Justice Center, a local NGO that represented his legal interests. Sadigov was arrested in T...
Court imposes ₾20,000 bail on opposition leader for ignoring Investigative Commission summons
A Georgian court has imposed a bail of 20,000 GEL on Zurab Japaridze, leader of the opposition group Coalition for Change, for failing to appear before a Temporary Parliamentary Investigative Commission established by the ruling Georgian Dream party....
Revaz Nadaraia elected as new Chair of Georgia’s Constitutional Court
Revaz Nadaraia has been elected as the new Chairperson of Georgia’s Constitutional Court, the court’s press service confirmed. The election took place during a closed session through a secret ballot, and the number of votes in favor of his appointmen...
