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Archpriest Giorgi Mamladze being released from prison. Image via IPN.

Georgia

Priest convicted in Georgian Church poison plot released early

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

An archpriest convicted of plotting the murder of the Georgian Patriarch’s secretary-referent, Giorgi Mamladze, has been released from prison two years early. On Wednesday, the archpriest’s brother, Tornike Mamaladze, announced his brother’s release after serving seven years out of his nine-year sentence. ‘After seven years of suffering and waiting, my brother deacon Giorgi is free!’ wrote Mamaladze on Facebook. Mamaladze’s family and supporters have been actively campaigning for his re

Giorgi Mamaladze in court in Georgia. Photo: Georgian Public Broadcaster.

European Court of Human Rights

Cyanide poison plot priest ‘received fair trial’ in Georgia, ECHR finds

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•3 min read

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze, who was convicted of possession of cyanide for the purpose of murdering the Patriarch’s secretary, received a fair trial in Georgia. Mamaladze was arrested at Tbilisi International Airport on 10 February 2017 with cyanide in his luggage as he attempted to board a flight to Berlin. He was accused of attempting to poison the secretary-referent of Patriarch Ilia II, Shorena Tetruashvili, and was sentenced to 9 y

Georgia

Georgian president refuses to pardon ‘poison plot’ archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgian president Salome Zurabishvili has refused to pardon Giorgi Mamaladze, a controversial archpriest convicted of plotting the murder of Shorena Tetruashvili, the secretary of Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II, in September 2017. Zurabishvili’s move came despite an official plea from the Church’s ruling body, the Holy Synod, to pardon Mamaladze. Zurabishvili pardoned five convicts on 6 January, upon lifting the moratorium she had put on her authority to pardon followi

Court

Georgian archpriest found guilty in ‘Church poison plot’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Tbilisi City Court has found archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze guilty of plotting to murder Shorena Tetruasvhili, the secretary-referent of the head of Georgia’s Orthodox Church. In a 5 September decision, judge Besik Bugianishvili sentenced him to 9 years in prison. Mamaladze was arrested on 10 February on suspicion of planning to commit murder, as he was about to board a flight to Berlin, where the head of the Church, Patriarch Ilia II, was receiving treatment. Based on implications from G