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Man charged with child sexual exploitation following investigation in Georgia
A 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation, according to a statement published by Georgia’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) on Friday. The SIS reported that the accused created fake accounts...
GYLA slams Georgian Gov’t’s alleged use of chemical agents against protesters
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association on Friday criticised the government over its alleged use of unidentified chemical agents to disperse peaceful protesters during a wave of demonstrations that began in late November 2024, following the decision ...
Georgian court fines cameraman for Facebook post criticizing police
Georgian TV cameraman Lasha Jioshvili has been fined 3,000 GEL by the Gori City Court over a Facebook post in which he verbally insulted police officers. The verdict was delivered by Judge Davit Papuashvili on May 1. The case stems from an April 6 p...
Court upholds pre-trial detention of 11 protesters accused of group violence in Tbilisi
Tbilisi City Court has once again reviewed — and upheld — the pre-trial detention of 11 protesters charged with group violence. Defense lawyers had requested their release, arguing that there was no longer a risk of evidence tampering or flight, as t...
Georgian court orders ex-financier advisor to pay $850 mln in bitcoin to Ivanishvili
A Georgian court on Thursday ordered Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund, to repay 9,000 bitcoins – currently valued at approximately $850 million – to former Prime Minister and ruling Georgian Dream party honorary chair Bi...
Georgia’s Security Service alleges continued efforts to overthrow Gov’t in 2024 report
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSS) claims in its 2024 annual report that attempts to overthrow the government through violent means persisted during the reporting period. According to the report, foreign intelligence services and both domes...
Court imposes bail on opposition leader Melia for ignoring investigative commission summons
Tbilisi City Court has imposed a 50,000 GEL bail on Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the opposition Coalition for Change, for failing to comply with a summons of a parliamentary investigative commission formed by the ruling Georgian Dream party to p...
Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office confirms searches of NGO founders
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has issued its first official statement following a series of controversial searches carried out at the homes of founders of several domestic organizations, citing “concerns over national security” and alleged hosti...
Georgian law enforcement search homes of activists, NGO leaders amid pro-EU protests
Georgian law enforcement officers on Tuesday searched the homes of several civil society figures as part of an investigation into alleged sabotage and assistance in hostile activities amid ongoing protests in the country against the Georgian Dream Go...
Appeals Court upholds five-year prison sentence for protester Giorgi Okmelashvili
The Georgian Court of Appeals has upheld the five-year prison sentence for Giorgi Okmelashvili, who was detained during protests against the controversial “Russian law” on foreign agents. The decision, announced on April 28 by Judge Giorgi Keratishvi...
