Georgian journalist Nika Katsia, who was acquitted and released from prison on Wednesday, said his nine-month detention was the result of an unfair judicial system, stressing he had been innocent from the start. “Why did I sit in prison for nine mon...
Zaza Tavadze, a member of the For Georgia opposition party led by former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia, has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of using a parliamentary investigative commission to pursue political vendettas. Tavadze on Wednesda...
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, has elected Irakli Kirtskhalia as the new leader of the parliamentary majority and chairman of its faction as Mamuka Mdinaradze has been approved as the new head of the State Security Service. The announcemen...
A Tbilisi court has sentenced 11 people to two years in prison in connection with pro-European protests, after reducing the severity of the charges against them. Judge Nino Galustashvili reclassified the case from group violence under Article 225 of...
Georgia’s Ombudsperson has raised concerns over police treatment of citizens detained during protests on Rustaveli Avenue on Tuesday, highlighting excessive use of force and rough handling of participants. “The force used during police operations mu...
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) is facing a “historic challenge” in addressing the consequences of occupation while pursuing broad anti-corruption and security reforms, the agency’s newly approved head, Mamuka Mdinaradze, said on Wednesday aft...
Mamuka Mdinaradze, newly appointed head of Georgia’s State Security Service, has said his personal challenge was to ensure that the country’s intelligence agencies were as strong as the ambitions of the Georgian state. Mdinaradze was confirmed by th...
The Georgian Parliament on Wednesday approved Mamuka Mdinaradze as the head of the State Security Service. Mdinaradze's candidacy was supported by 85 MPs, none were against, as majority of opposition groups had requested the suspension of their man...
Giorgi Baramidze, Political Secretary of the United National Movement opposition party, on Wednesday called the recent report by the parliament’s investigation commission on the actions of the previous UNM Government a “treason document aligned with ...
Saba Skhvitaridze, who was arrested during pro-European protests in central Tbilisi late last year, on Wednesday was sentenced to two years in prison by the Tbilisi City Court Judge Jvebe Nachkebia. The judge found Skhvitaridze guilty for an assault...
