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...
Opposition leaders of coalition Lelo-Strong Georgia Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze were detained directly at their party’s headquarters, where they were present with fellow members on Monday. The detention followed the decision of Tbilisi Cit...
Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti media outlets, is rapidly losing her eyesight while in pre-trial detention, her lawyer told Batumi City Court on Monday, as hearings continue in the criminal case against the journal...
Badri Japaridze, co-leader of the opposition party Lelo – Strong Georgia, has been sentenced to eight months in prison and banned from holding public office for two years after being found guilty of failing to comply with a summons from a parliamenta...
A Tbilisi court has sentenced Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of the opposition party Lelo – Strong Georgia, to eight months in prison for failing to comply with a summons from a parliamentary investigative commission probing alleged crimes under the Unite...
Two young activists who were injured after a car ploughed into a group of protesters in Tbilisi on the night of 22 June say they have identified the driver, despite a lack of public information from authorities. Mariam Mekantsishvili and Lizi Ubilav...
The For Georgia party, led by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, has criticised the parliamentary investigative commission probing alleged crimes under the previous United National Movement government and beyond, chaired by Vice Speaker Thea Tsul...
