Tbilisi City Court (Dato Parulava / OC Media)
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced Georgian opposition activist Zviad Kuprava to nine months in prison for being in contempt of court after he made a vulgar statement about a judge in the court canteen. [Read more…]
Protesters clashing with riot police on 20 June. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
After 40 days of street protests against police brutality, the authorities charge more people over an attempt to storm the parliament building. [Read more…]
Protesters throwing fireworks at police on 20–21 June. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has announced they are investigating senior opposition figures for attempting to overthrow the government through violence. [Read more…]
Dozens of people were injured as police fired rubber bullets into the crowd. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
Hundreds were hospitalised after police and protesters clashed on 20–21 June, and questions remain over the actions of the police. Despite an investigation into violence by police being opened, no officer has yet been charged. [Read more…]
Nika Melia at the protest on 20 June. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
Georgia’s parliament has stripped Nika Melia, a prominent MP from the opposition United National Movement Party (UNM), of his parliamentary immunity — effectively greenlighting his arrest. The Prosecutor’s Office requested the move as they suspect Melia of inciting protesters to violence at an anti-Russia protest outside parliament on 20–21 June. [Read more…]
UNM MP Nika Melia (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
The opposition United National Movement Party (UNM), as well as two other minor parties, has announced they are officially joining anti-government protests currently taking place in Tbilisi. UNM MP Nika Melia addressed crowds gathered outside parliament after meeting with protest leaders and said the protests would resume on Sunday at 18:00 where they will announce a plan for how to continue [Read more…]
