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 —...
Nika Melia, a prominent opposition leader from the Akhali party and the Coalition for Change, has been detained under unclear circumstances, according to statements from his party and legal representatives. Melia was reportedly apprehended near Lisi...
Georgian Airways has issued a statement rejecting allegations made in court by Giorgi Bachiashvili, former head of Georgia’s Co-Investment Fund, who claimed he was kidnapped abroad and forcibly returned to Georgia aboard one of the airline’s aircraft...
Giorgi Bachiashvili, a former head of Georgia’s Co-Investment Fund and a central figure in the so-called Bitcoin case involving Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder and honorary chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has alleged in court t...
Seven individuals have been arrested in Georgia's eastern Kakheti region after police seized a cache of illegal firearms, ammunition, and a substantial quantity of narcotics, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) announced on Thursday. T...
Giorgi Bachiashvili, a former close associate of Georgian billionaire and ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been detained in the United Arab Emirates and deported to Georgia under circumstances his legal team describes as politically motivat...
A Georgian activist who held a burning Georgian Dream flag during a protest in Tbilisi on Monday has been detained by police under administrative charges, prompting allegations of politically motivated repression. Ucha Kemashvili, 35, was arrested l...
A Turkish citizen has been detained at Georgia’s Sarpi border crossing after allegedly attempting to smuggle more than three kilograms of gold jewellery into the country, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Minis...
