Bidzina Gegidze. (Parliament)
An MP from Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream Party has claimed that his summoning by the State Security Service for questioning regarding corruption investigation into Georgian Post, where he previously worked, may be politically motivated.
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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…]
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…]
(Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)
Anti-government protesters have marched from Georgia’s parliament to the home of the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, demanding that Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia resign. [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…]
