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 ...
Tbilisi City Court has found Elene Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, guilty of an administrative offense and fined her 5,000 GEL. The decision was announced by Judge Zviad Tskhovrebashvili. The Ministry of Internal Affairs...
The European Union has strongly condemned the recent arrests of opposition leaders in Georgia, calling them politically motivated and a serious breach of democratic norms. In a post on X, EU spokesperson Anitta Hipper stated: > “Georgia: The politi...
The head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Anri Okhanashvili, has pledged a full and objective investigation into the case of former First Deputy Minister of Economy Romeo Mikautadze, who was recently charged with abuse of official authority and t...
Georgia’s parliament has adopted a legislative package that will abolish the country’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) as of 1 July, transferring its core functions back to the Prosecutor’s Office - a move critics warn undermines judicial indepen...
A Tbilisi court has sentenced Giorgi Vashadze, leader of the opposition party Strategy Agmashenebeli, to seven months in prison for refusing to comply with a summons from a parliamentary investigative commission. The commission was established earli...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party is fast-tracking a controversial legislative package that introduces sweeping changes to the country’s judicial system, including measures that restrict media activity in courts and broaden sanctions on public cr...
