Georgia
Georgian court sentences 19-year-old to 4.5 years in prison for ‘attacking a police officer’ during a protest
Saba Jikia, the convicted protester, has maintained his innocence.
Mariam Nikuradze
A veteran journalist with over a decade of experience, Mariam is passionate about gender equality and workers’ rights. Though often managing from behind a desk, her instinct to report from the ground kicks in whenever news breaks.
Georgia
Georgian protester sentenced to five years in prison against backdrop of protests
Giorgi Mindadze was the latest Georgian protester to receive a multi-year prison sentence.
OC Insider
How the media (cannot) cover trials in Georgia
It’s been a week since yet another restriction for Georgian media came into force: photos, videos, and audio recordings are no longer allowed inside courtrooms, the court building, or even the courtyard. The new regulation does say that the High Council of Justice is entitled to grant permission after individual appeals from reporters, but so far, all appeals have been left unanswered — therefore, it’s been a week without any quality content from the important trials of detained protesters. Ac
Georgia
‘Police are laughing at us’ — Chiatura miners on hunger strike to secure their colleagues’ release
The detention of four miners dramatically changed the direction of the Chiatura protest.
Georgia
In unprecedented move, Georgian soldier Nadiradze who fought in Ukraine buried without honour guard
The body of Vano Nadiradze, who reportedly died of natural causes, was not met with the customary honour guard upon its arrival back in Georgia.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Georgian poet Zviad Ratiani faces up to 7 years in jail for ‘slapping a police officer’
Ratiani was detained on charges of assaulting a police officer.
