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"We reiterate our solidarity with them, calling for justice and their immediate release. Amaglobeli’s reports of humiliating treatment while in detention must be investigated. We stand firmly with all women who defend truth and freedom."

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Speaking for You: Nika Gvaramia YouTube video by ბათუმელები / Batumelebi

⏺️ What are the plans of Georgia’s opposition leaders, many of whom face pending cases after only recently leaving prison?

Nika Gvaramia of the Ahali Party Speaking for You.

Note: This interview was recorded on February 21.

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🔻Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze, Trust services sanctions, Director Disqualification sanctions

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Journalist Eliso Kiladze Arrested in Alleged Call Center Scam Case, Faces Up to 12 Years in Prison - Batumelebi Georgia •

🟥 On February 18, police in #Tbilisi detained editor-in-chief of 'Qronika+' Eliso Kiladze.
Acc/to the Prosecutors Office, the journalist is charged in connection with a so-called fraudulent call center case, involving former Chief Prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze,
🟥Kiladze Denis the charges.

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Bachiashvili, Sentenced to 11 Years, Released After 'Compensating Damages' in Ivanishvili Bitcoin Case - Batumelebi Bidzina Ivanishvili •

🟥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.

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🟥 Nino Jangirashvili, director of Kavkasia TV, published the letter received from the Georgian National Communications Commission.
The Commission has requested a written explanation from the broadcaster within three working days.
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🟥 Georgian Dream moves to criminalize the 'non-recognition of constitutional bodies', proposing fines, community service or up to three years in prison under amendments discussed in parliament today.

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Georgian Dream Reshuffles University Admission Quotas: Ilia State University Sees 92% Cut - Batumelebi Georgia • Higher Education • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 Georgian Dream finalizes student quotas for next year after “one city, one faculty” reform widely seen as a power grab.

Education experts have published a comparative analysis of the new quotas against the 2025 undergraduate admissions figures.

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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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“Sabotage” Case Against Eight Opposition Politicians Moves Forward - Court Report - Batumelebi Court • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 A court has held a so-called pre-trial hearing in the “sabotage” case against eight opposition politicians, admitting all prosecution evidence and moving the case to the merits stage.

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‘Reform’ to Seize Total Control: Georgian Dream Targets Education System - Batumelebi Repression In Georgia • განათლება •

🟥 Introduced amid mass protests and a freeze on EU integration, Georgian Dream’s education reform is reshaping Georgia’s universities and schools in ways that experts say threaten academic autonomy, international cooperation, and students’ freedom of choice.

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Lawyer Says Authorities Bring New Charge Against Imprisoned Opposition Figure Nika Melia - Batumelebi Georgia Protests • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 Nika Melia, an opposition politician and former chair of the UNM party, who is currently imprisoned, is facing yet another criminal charge, according to his lawyer Giorgi Kondakhishvili.

The charge is scheduled to be formally presented at 15:00 at Rustavi Prison.
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Georgian Dream Passes Another Package of Repressive Amendments at First Reading - Batumelebi Georgia • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 GD has passed another set of repressive legislative amendments at first reading.

🆘 It expand the definition of “grant”, placing almost any form of political expression under state control and criminalizing it if an individual receives funding from a "foreign power".

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Georgian Dream Unveils Sweeping Crackdown on Foreign Funding and Political Activity - Batumelebi Georgian Dream • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 The Georgian Dream party has introduced a sweeping new legislative package tightening restrictions on foreign funding, political activity, and public engagement for organizations and individuals in #Georgia.

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🟥 #UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor calls on the Georgian Dream government to repeal repressive laws 👇

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Anti-Corruption Agency Employee Found Dead in Car from Gunshot Wound - Batumelebi State Security Service •

🟥 On January 26 in #Tbilisi, an employee of the State Security Service’s Anti-Corruption Agency was found dead in their car with a gunshot wound. Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation under Article 115 of the Criminal Code, covering incitement to suicide.

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🟥 Former Georgian MP Givi Targamadze was released after seven months in prison for refusing to appear before the Tsulukiani Commission.

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ECHR Takes Up GYLA Case Over Alleged Mass Violations of Ballot Secrecy in 2024 Elections - Batumelebi ECHR • Elections 2024 • GYLA •

⭕️The @echr.coe.int begun a substantive review of the application filed by the GYLA concerning the mass violations of ballot secrecy in #GEOElections2024, the organization announced.

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🗣️“32,542 GEL, which we were warned about, covered the four-month salaries of 12 staff members,” Radio Marneuli’s founding CEO, Kamila Mamedova.

Since April 1, 2025, broadcasters are prohibited from receiving direct or indirect funding from foreign entities.
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Opposition Leader Giorgi Vashadze Leaves Prison After Serving Seven-Month Sentence - Batumelebi Repression In Georgia • Strategy Aghmashenebeli •

🟥 Opposition leader Giorgi Vashadze has left Rustavi No. 12 prison after serving a seven-month sentence. Vashadze was detained in June 2025 for failing to appear before the so-called Tsulukiani Investigative Commission.

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Two Activists Ordered to Detention for Sidewalk Protest as Court Applies New Restrictive Law - Batumelebi Georgia Protests • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 Another precedent has been set at the Tbilisi City Court, where two civil activists were ordered to four days of detention each for protesting on the sidewalk.

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🔴 A first precedent has been set regarding sidewalk protest cases. Citizen Rezi Dumbadze was declared to have committed an administrative offense solely for standing on the sidewalk during a protest.

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🟥 Zurab Girchi Japaridze, one of Georgia’s opposition leaders, recently released from prison and still facing the risk of re-arrest, speaks for you about his prison experience, Georgia, and efforts to unite the opposition.

▶️ Watch the full interview: youtu.be/rU0Dldot-5s?...
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🔴"Supporting Georgia’s democratic institutions is the best way bolster the country’s sovereignty against Russian, Chinese, and Iranian nefarious influence, which the Georgian Dream-led government has welcomed," - @jesludwig.bsky.social.

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ECHR Rules Georgia Violated Rights of Protester Detained During 2023 ‘Russian Law’ Rallies - Batumelebi ECHR • Georgia Protests • GYLA • Russian Law •

🟥 @echr.coe.int Rules #Georgia Violated Rights of Protester Detained During 2023 ‘Russian Law’ Rallies

Giorgi Mekvabishvili was detained in 2023, when Georgian Dream first initiated the “Russian Law”. His rights were defended by GYLA.

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“She Has No Expectations” – Mzia Amaglobeli’s Brother Comments After Meeting Her in Prison - Batumelebi Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •

🟥 “Mzia thanks everyone. She has no expectations and has no information whatsoever regarding a possible pardon… She said, “I’ll see you all in a year,” Malkhaz Amaglobeli, brother of Georgia’s unlawfully imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, told journalists.
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Kutaisi Court Jails Four Miners as Defendants Denounce Case as Politically Motivated - Batumelebi Georgia • Protests •

🟥 Kutaisi City Court has sentenced four miners to prison in a case the defendants describe as politically motivated.

📌 The arrests followed an extended period of protests, including a hunger strike and mass demonstrations by miners in Chiatura.

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🔴 After a late-night announcement of Epiphany pardons, Malkhaz Amaglobeli, brother of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, spent the night outside Prison. It remains unclear whether any prisoners of conscience were among those pardoned.

❌ Officials provided no clarification on release timing.

Photo: Mo Se

🟥GD–appointed President Mikheil Kavelashvili has pardoned 159 convicted prisoners. It remains unclear whether prisoners of conscience are among them.

Since the morning, journalists and family members of political prisoners have been waiting outside various penitentiary facilities.

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🟥 Jan 19 - Journalists are outside Rustavi Women’s Penitentiary No. 5.

🟥 GD president Mikheil Kavelashvili is expected to announce pardons today. It’s unclear whether prisoners of conscience will be included. Journalists are waiting near several prisons.

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