Khatia Gogoberidze, the editor-in-chief of the media outlet April, has been fined GEL 5000 (approx. $1825) for allegedly participating in an illegal road blockade during a recent protest, according to a statement by the publication. The Ministry of ...
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze has dismissed as fanciful recent claims of businessman Giorgi Bachiashvili, who alleged he was abducted abroad and forcibly returned to Georgia on the orders of Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian billionaire a...
Italian media report that Mindia Goradze, known as Lavasogli, considered a so-called “thief-in-law,” was arrested at Rome’s Ciampino Airport on May 22. Goradze had been internationally wanted since September 2023 on charges of leading a criminal orga...
Starting on May 31, Georgia’s controversial Foreign Agents Registration Act, modeled after the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), officially comes into force. Passed by the Georgian Parliament on April 1, the law has sparked significant domes...
Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has voiced her concern about the recent detention of Georgian opposition leaders Nika Melia and Zurab Japaridze. In a statement posted on social media platform X, Stenergard said: > "I am worried by ...
Romanian Member of the European Parliament and ALDE Vice-President Dan Barna has voiced deep concern over what he described as a “crackdown” in Georgia following the arrest of Nika Melia, a leader of the Coalition for Change. In a statement posted o...
Georgian journalist Natia Gogsadze of Mtavari Arkhi has been fined 5,000 Georgian lari (about $1,800) by Tbilisi City Court for allegedly blocking the road during a protest on February 2, 2025. The ruling was delivered today by Judge Lela Tsagareish...
A courtroom session in Georgia’s capital was abruptly halted on Friday after Nika Melia, co-chairman of the opposition Ahali party, threw water at the presiding judge while recounting his alleged kidnapping. The incident unfolded at the Tbilisi City...
A Georgian student has been sentenced to 12 days in prison after a confrontation with a ruling party MP, in what critics say is part of a broader clampdown on free expression. Tbilisi City Court Judge Davit Tereuli on Friday handed down the sentence...
The lawyer of Nika Melia, a key opposition leader from the Coalition for Change, has condemned his client’s detention as an unlawful and violent act, calling it a “criminal offense” carried out by Georgian law enforcement. “Several police officers —...
