300 #Ukrainian prisoners returned home today
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300 #Ukrainian prisoners returned home today
1/3 When the Supreme Court rejects an appeal as inadmissible, it refuses to review the merits of the case or weigh the evidence. Consequently, the lower Court of Appeals' ruling remains in full force.
Under the new restrictive amendments, private individuals who publicly label authorities as illegitimate risk 400–600 hours of community service or up to three years in prison. Organizations face penalties including fines, forced liquidation, or both.
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🟥 Georgian Dream’s Deputy Foreign Minister attended a celebration of the Islamic Revolution anniversary at the Paragraph Hotel, built by the family of GD founder, oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili.
#Tbilisi’s iconic TV tower lit in the colors of Iran’s flag.
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🟥Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Co-Investment Fund who had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the high-profile “Bitcoin case,” has been released under a plea agreement after admitting guilt and reimbursing damages, the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.
#Georgia
⭕ The Prosecutor’s Office of #Georgia has reached a plea agreement with Irakli Garibashvili, under which the former prime minister has been sentenced to five years in prison.
As an additional penalty, he has been fined 1 million lari.
🟥 Eka Sepashvili (“People’s Power,” Georgian Dream satellite) says she condemns “violence from any side” in Iran and claims she lacks “extensive information” on who is carrying it out, even when asked about killings by authorities.
#Iran
#Georgia
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"Good night, happy new year."
The Year Began Badly for Dictators: Anti-Government March in Tbilisi – January 3
As 2026 begins, we look back at 2025: Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream cracked down on democracy, tightened authoritarian control, and pushed Georgia closer to Russia. Sidewalk protests are banned—but pro-European demonstrators remain in the streets.
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Nicolás Maduro Moros!
Who will be next?
Putin deliberately ordered a massive bombing of residential areas and critical infrastructure of Kyiv just as the leaders of Ukraine and the US are preparing to meet and advance peace.
Dozens of victims, power outages, and a third of the Ukrainian capital without heating amid winter - Andrii Sybiha
🟥 Three former Georgian defense ministers are in jail: Irakli Okruashvili (2004–2006), Bacho Akhalaia (2009–2012), and Juansher Burchuladze (2021–2024)
⭕️ Irakli Garibashvili (2019–2021) is charged but out on bail; Davit Kezerashvili (2006–2008) was sentenced in absentia and remains wanted.
#Georgia
🟥Georgia’s first court case over a sidewalk protest has started, with the hearing postponed to January 9. The new repressive amendments, introduced to curb #GeorgiaProtests, make protesting on sidewalks punishable by up to 15 days of administrative detention.
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🟥 Two political prisoners, known for carrying EU flags, have been on hunger strike in prison for over 40 and 50 days, protesting Georgia’s anti-European turn.
🟥 Meanwhile, #Tbilisi glitters with holiday lights under the slogan “A City Full of Kindness.”
#GeorgiaProtests
#RepressionInGeorgia
Georgian citizen and civic activist Tamar Mearaqishvili, who lives in Akhalgori, has been arrested.
The information about her detention was reported by the information agency of Russian-occupied South Ossetia.
❗ Tamar Mearaqishvili is accused of espionage.
🟥Former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili has been arrested on corruption charges, prosecutors say. He is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes between 2021 and 2023.
#Georgia
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Georgia, Batumi
As part of its cooperation with Arab Eagle Hills, the government of Adjara has transferred 2.57 million sq. meters of coastal land near Gonio-including a former military training ground-to the Georgian state free of charge for Eagle Hills’ controversial mega project
“The substance is so horrific that attempting to wash it off only intensifies the burning. This is a 'Camite' effect—constricting breathing, burning the skin, and causing severe coughing and vomiting, not just for minutes or hours, but for days and even weeks.”
Who are the judges behind Mzia Amaglobeli’s unlawful imprisonment? This article profiles the 12 judges involved—examining their backgrounds, assets, and, most importantly, their roles in the case of the award-winning journalist and Sakharov Prize laureate.
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Mzia Amaglobeli’s representative accepted the Sakharov Prize, the European Union’s highest human rights award, at the European Parliament. Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli remains unlawfully imprisoned.
Kaja Kallas tells the pro-government Georgian TV company Rustavi 2 that, unlike Georgia, the United States does not seek to join the EU.
“The regime is poisoning us—there must be an international investigation”: Protesters block central Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the 374th consecutive day.
Three days after a #BBC investigation put the Georgian government under intense scrutiny over Camite—a World War I–era chemical compound likely used against protesters—the Georgian Dream is issuing shifting and contradictory statements.
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Tbilisi, 28 November 2025 - the 366th day of continuous protest.
A year ago today, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that Georgia would not pursue opening EU accession talks until 2028.
His statement ignited a continuous protest movement in Georgia - one that has persisted ever since.
“Mzia Amaglobeli Deprived of Necessary Medical Care in Detention” – GYLA Demands Immediate Intervention
⭕️ Georgia’s imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli jointly shortlisted for the 2025 Sakharov Prize together with Belarus’s Andrzej Poczobut. (1/2)
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Sakharov
⭕️Georgian Dream held a special briefing devoted to journalist Mzia Amaglobeli receiving the 2025 IPI–IMS World Press Freedom Hero Award.
⭕️"A continuation of the unfair political attitude toward our country," - GD complained.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Mzia Amaglobeli and the Georgian Resistance Movement were awarded the Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility.
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