Malkhaz Machalikashvili

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European Court of Human Rights

Georgia violated Pankisi teen Machalikashvili’s right to life, court finds

by Robin Fabbro

•2 min read

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Georgian State Security Services (SSG) violated the right to life of 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was shot dead in a raid on his home in the Pankisi Valley in December 2017. In their ruling on Thursday, the court found insufficient evidence to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that Machalikashvili was unlawfully killed, finding the state’s explanation that he was reaching for a hand grenade when shot ‘plausible’. However, the

Municipal workers cleared away the protest camp early Tuesday morning and erected a New Year display in it's place. Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media.

2019 Gavrilov’s Night Protests

Georgian authorities clear Parliament protest camp for New Year’s amusement park

by OC Media

•4 min read

Tbilisi City Hall has cleared the area in front of the Georgian Parliament of protest tents and banners in order to erect a temporary amusement park for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Police arrested 10 activists in the early hours of 31 December as members of the Shame anti-government movement tried to prevent municipal sanitary workers from clearing the site. The area in front of parliament has been continuously occupied by protesters with various grievances since June 2018.

2019 Gavrilov’s Night Protests

‘Anti-UNM’ tents set up outside Georgian parliament

by OC Media

•5 min read

A newly launched movement vowing to counter Georgia’s former ruling party, the United National Movement (UNM), has set up tents in front of Parliament in an effort to reclaim the space for the ‘real voice of the people’. The group, Let’s Preserve Lives, say they want to prevent the return to power of anyone associated with the former UNM government, including from the European Georgia party, which broke away in January 2017. On the night of 10 December, a fist-fight broke out outside par

Georgia

Opinion | Nearly two years after the killing of Temirlan Machalikashvili there are still no answers

by Tamta Mikeladze

•7 min read

Temirlan Machalikashvili was killed by Georgian security forces in his own bed. The investigation into his death, marked by irregularities and conflicts of interest, has stalled. The government still refuses to act. 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili fell into a coma and died after he was shot in the head during a special operation by the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) in Duisi, a village in the Pankisi Valley, on the night of 26 December 2017. Family members remember that specia

Georgia

New Interior Minister candidate says he would have used more force in Pankisi

by OC Media

•4 min read

Vakhtang Gomelauri, who is poised to become the next Georgian Interior Minister, has told parliament he would have used more force against residents of Pankisi. Both Gomelauri and prospective defence minister Irakli Gharibashvili made controversial statements in front of lawmakers on Thursday during their confirmation hearings. Gomelauri made the comments in relation to clashes between riot police and residents of northeast Georgia’s Pankisi Valley this April. ‘I would have deployed mo

European Court of Human Rights

Family of slain Pankisi teenager appeals to European Court of Human Rights

by OC Media

•4 min read

The family of Temirlan Machalikashvili, a 19-year-old ethnic Kist from Georgia’s Pankisi Valley killed in a special operation, is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights. The teenager was fatally shot while in bed in December 2017 during a counterterror sweep in Pankisi. The Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC), a Tbilisi-based rights group, announced on Thursday that they were taking on the case on behalf of the family. The group said they were challenging t

Georgia

Georgian security service accuse Machalikashvili of ‘plotting terror attack’

by OC Media

•5 min read

Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has released an audio recording which they claim reveals Malkhaz Machalikashvili planned to organise ‘terrorist acts against several individuals’. Machalikashvili is the father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, a nineteen-year-old ethnic Kist from Georgia’s Pankisi Valley who was fatally shot while in bed in December 2017 during a counterterror sweep in Pankisi. While the SSG has maintained that the task force was forced to open fire after Machalikashvili