Tamar Mearakishvili
Vocal critic detained in South Ossetia released to Georgian-controlled territory
A vocal critic of local authorities, Mearakishvili was detained on ‘espinoge’ charges in December.
Tamar Mearakishvili
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Tamar Mearakishvili
Local activist and vocal government critic detained in South Ossetia on ‘espionage’ charges
Mearakishvili has spent recent years in exhausting legal battles with local authorities.
Georgia
South Ossetia to partially reopen crossing points for Akhalgori Georgians
The authorities in South Ossetia are to reopen the checkpoints between South Ossetian and Georgian government-controlled areas for 10 days per month. The change is the most significant relaxation of restrictions on movement put on ethnic Georgian residents of South Ossetia’s southeastern Akhalgori (Leningor) region in nearly three years. On Thursday, South Ossetian government-run news agency Res reported that the Security Council had decided to allow residents of Akhalgori and Java (Dzau) d
Georgia
Defiant activist blocks South Ossetian authorities from dropping charges against her
Tamara Mearakishvili, an ethnic-Georgian activist and journalist in South Ossetia, has mounted a successful legal challenge to prevent the authorities from dropping charges against her without acknowledging that they were baseless. Mearakishvili won a lawsuit against South Ossetia’s Prosecutor’s Office. She filed the suit in the South Ossetian courts in April in response to a decision by the General Prosecutor’s Office to end several criminal cases against her without giving her the chance t
Georgia
South Ossetian government critic has electricity cut
Journalist and activist Tamara Mearakishvili has reported that she has been without electricity at home since last Wednesday in what she says is an act of retribution from the South Ossetian authorities. According to Mearakishvili, who is ethnic-Georgian, local power distribution company Energoresurs cut her power off on 16 September over a liability she says was written off three years ago. Shortly before, South Ossetian prosecutor Alan Kulumbegov accused her of avoiding a ₽9,000 ($115) ele
Georgia
Voice | Tamara Mearakishvili: ‘If I’m found guilty, I will not run away’
Tamar Mearakishvili is an ethnic-Georgian activist and journalist in South Ossetia. Since her arrest in 2017 for ‘defamation’, she has been locked in a legal battle with the authorities. Tamar reflects on her life in Akhalgori, her legal woes, and the reaction of the Georgian Government to her case and others. ‘I was born in Akhalgori; my parents are from here as well. I finished school in Akhalgori, I was a very active child, I studied well.’ ‘My class teacher gave the same evaluation
Freedom of the Press
South Ossetian journalist accused of ‘slander and forgery’ acquitted by local court
The Akhalgori (Leningor) District court has found South Ossetian journalist Tamara Mearakishvili not guilty of charges of slander and falsely obtaining citizenship on the basis of forged documentation. Mearakishvili announced her victory on Facebook and said that she had been cleared of all charges. Mearakishvili’s lawyer, Ikramzhan Ramatov, told RFE/RL’s Ekho Kavkaza that ‘justice triumphed’ after ‘two years of physical and psychological breakdowns and hard work’. The court also lif
