Georgians are going to the polls to elect a new parliament as the ruling Georgian Dream party faces the most serious challenge to their rule yet.
Mate Devidze was arrested in November during protests against electoral fraud during October’s parliamentary vote.
Hundreds of people have been fined on various charges, including roadblocks, amid protests that began in November in Georgia.
Municipal elections in Georgia are planned to be held on 4 October.
Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili had vowed to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetia over the former ruling UNM party’s role in the August 2008 War.
