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Georgia’s Interior Ministry claims officer blinded by pro-European demonstrators, four months after incident
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday claimed that a police officer lost vision in his right eye after being struck by a blunt object during a protest in Tbilisi late last year during protests against the Georgian Dream Government’s decision in No...
Georgian activist sentenced to 12 days’ detention following arrest outside Parliament
A Georgian opposition activist has been sentenced to 12 days of administrative detention following his arrest during protests against halted EU integration outside the country’s parliament late last month. Gela Khasaia, a member of the opposition pa...
Tbilisi court sentences man to life in prison for murder of transgender woman
A Georgian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a transgender woman in a high-profile case highlighting violence against the LGBTQ+ community. Beka Jaiani, 26, was found guilty on Wednesday by Tbilisi City Court of murdering...
Amnesty International urges Georgian Gov’t to ensure justice in case of jailed media manager
Amnesty International has called on Georgia’s Special Investigation Service to investigate the arrest and detention of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the independent outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, amid mounting concerns over politically mo...
British citizen arrested in Georgia for drug offenses
Officers of the Mtskheta District Division under the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrested a British citizen, identified as D.H., born in 1988, on charges related to the illegal purchase, possessi...
45-year-old man arrested in Georgia over alleged online sexual exploitation of minor
Georgia’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) has arrested a 45-year-old man on charges of pedophilia and depraved conduct involving a 14-year-old girl. In a statement released on Friday, the agency said the suspect used fake Facebook profiles to co...
TV Pirveli cameraman charged over Facebook post criticizing police
TV Pirveli’s cameraman, Lasha Jioshvili, has been issued an administrative offense report by Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs over a Facebook post in which he allegedly criticized law enforcement. According to a police officer featured in a vi...
Georgia’s ex-Defence Minister granted bail after refusing to cooperate with UNM-era ‘crimes’ probe
The Tbilisi City Court has granted 20,000 GEL bail to former Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili, while imposing a travel ban on the politician for failing to comply with a summons issued by a parliamentary investigative commission probing a...
Repeat offender arrested in Georgia over attempt to distribute large quantity of narcotics
Georgian police have arrested a man in the Kakheti region on suspicion of attempting to illegally purchase, store, and distribute a particularly large quantity of the synthetic drug Alpha-PVP, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said on Monday. T...
Indigo journalist Saba Sordia detained by police for alleged disobedience
Georgian journalist Saba Sordia, working with Indigo magazine, has been detained by police under Article 173 of the Administrative Offenses Code, which refers to disobedience toward law enforcement. According to Indigo’s executive director, Nata Dzv...
