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Georgian opposition figure arrested after testifying at Hague tribunal on 2008 war

Georgia

June 27, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin had already called for his arrest back in 2012

Opinion: Georgian Dream shifted from authoritarianism to dictatorship

Georgian Dream

June 27, 2025

"Jailing opponents and silencing dissent are hallmarks of dictatorship"

Georgia: Six opposition leaders jailed – what’s next?

Georgia

June 26, 2025

How the arrests of opposition figures are perceived in the country and in the West

Opinion: Georgia faces its most repressive regime since 1930s

Georgia

June 26, 2025

“The regime jails opposition figures to intimidate society,” says Transparency International's programme manager for human rights and the rule of law

U.S. State Department voices concern over arrests of opposition figures in Georgia

Georgia-USA

June 25, 2025

“Ivanishvili’s government is using legal amendments to target its critics”

Georgian opposition leader Giorgi Vashadze jailed for seven months

Georgia

June 24, 2025

Vashadze was arrested for failing to appear before the Georgian Dream-led parliamentary commission investigating the Saakashvili administration

Georgian NGOs: Ruling party has firmly embraced authoritarianism

Georgia

June 24, 2025

Non-governmental organisations have issued a statement in response to the arrest of opposition leaders in Georgia

Georgia jails three opposition leaders in one day, bringing total to six

Georgia

June 23, 2025

All of them are charged with failing to appear before the investigative commission led by Tea Tsulukiani

SJC: “Georgian Dream party uses administrative arrests as a tool to punish activists”

Georgia

June 02, 2025

“The initiation of administrative proceedings against activists and the use of imprisonment as punishment violate the Constitution of Georgia.”

Georgian opposition politician Nika Melia taken into custody

Nika Melia

May 30, 2025

On 29 May, he was arrested after refusing to pay bail for failing to appear before the parliamentary investigative commission.

Opposition politician Nika Melia arrested in Tbilisi

Nika Melia

May 29, 2025

Earlier, he had been ordered to pay 50,000 lari in bail for failing to appear before the parliamentary investigative commission.

Opinion: "Ivanishvili’s refusal to meet ambassador shows he is not ready to meet US demands"

Georgia-USA

May 29, 2025

Political analyst Valeri Chechelashvili: “Refusing the meeting was a mistake. It was a chance to change the course for Georgia.”

"US ambassador should come and meet with us," says ruling party faction leader in Georgian parliament

Georgia

May 29, 2025

Earlier, the party's honorary chairman, Bidzina Ivanishvili, declined a meeting with the US ambassador.

Russia steps up pressure in Georgia, loses influence in Armenia — US intelligence report

Georgia-Russia

May 28, 2025

According to DIA analysts, following the parliamentary elections in October 2024, the ruling Georgian Dream party created favourable conditions for the expansion of Russian influence.

34 years since Georgia restored independence: timeline of key events, 1991–2025

Georgia

May 26, 2025

What path has Georgia taken in 34 years of independence? A brief look at key events in the country’s modern history