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საზოგადოებრივ-პოლიტიკური ონლაინგამოცემა Socio-political online media based in Georgia 🇬🇪
🚨 On 7 June 2025, 38-year-old Alan Qaqitashvili walked into a police station on his own. He was later taken from the building to a hospital and died two days later. #Policebrutality #TerrorinGeorgia
"Glory to Georgia, Glory to Ukraine"9 — Georgia Continues to Protest. #GeorgiaProtests Day 598
Irakli Kobakhidze said that GD "considers Turkmenistan to be a reliable partner and a friendly state." Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has been in Georgia for a second day. Meanwhile, GD attacks the EU leadership and the leaders of European countries on a daily basis.
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow is on an official visit to Tbilisi. An official welcoming ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in his honor.
1/ Eight opposition politicians are on trial in Georgia in the so-called “sabotage case”, an investigation launched by prosecutors on 8 February 2025 following a complaint by the government-affiliated group United Neutral Georgia.
1/ Tbilisi City Court has fully upheld a lawsuit filed by GD Supporter filmmaker Goga Khaindrava against TV channel Formula.
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas on Georgia: "We don't really have connections with the government, and we don't want to support the government - we want to support the people of Georgia". Kallas was responding to a question from Euroscope.
Today's protest march in Tbilisi is dedicated to Georgian fighters who lost their lives fighting against Russia in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇪 #GeorgiaProtests Day 591
1/ According to Georgia's state-run Imedi TV, the person detained by the State Security Service in the so-called "October 4" case is Beka Chulukhadze, a Georgian volunteer fighter serving in Ukraine.
Opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili was sentenced to 13 years in prison by Judge Giorgi Gelashvili.
1/ On July 3, Georgian citizen Gela Mebonia was detained in occupied Abkhazia, according to the so-called government news agency of the Abkhaz occupation regime.
1/ According to ISFED, more than 1,500 fake Facebook accounts, trolls, and bots using Georgian names were deployed to artificially boost reactions to a post published by the pro-government TV channel Imedi.
1/ Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison over a statement made during a court hearing.
1/4 🇬🇪 Georgia's government has decided to develop the Anaklia Deep-Sea Port under the "Landlord" model, according to Economy Minister Mariam Kvrishvili.
The funeral ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has begun in Tehran. Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has arrived in Iran to attend, with footage released showing his arrival at the airport.
Former political prisoners Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze attended a protest on Rustaveli Avenue just a few hours after being released from prison today. #GeorgiaProtests Day 581
Mindia Shervashidze was fined 500 lari just minutes after being released from prison for shouting the names of his former cellmates - prisoners of conscience Rezo Kiknadze and Irakli Nadiradze. #TerrorinGeorgia
1/ The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has ordered the release of two protesters, Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze, who had been prosecuted under criminal charges. While the court upheld their convictions, it reduced their sentences to time served.
1/ Georgia’s presidential administration has confirmed that Mikheil Kavelashvili will travel to Iran to attend the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
3/ The investigation says Georgia received the latest version of Polyface (3.7.0) in early June 2025 - after authorities had already begun using facial recognition to identify anti-government protesters and issue fines.
1/ According to AlgorithmWatch, Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has been purchasing the Russian-made Polyface facial recognition system from Moscow-based Papillon AO since 2013. 📷Giorgi Beridze/AlgorithmWatch
1/ Merab Turava, Georgia's Deputy Minister of Justice, has been dismissed from his position. He was appointed to the post at the end of April 2025. Prior to that, Turava served as Chairman of the Constitutional Court.
1/ Former Deputy Minister of Health Irakli Mkheidze has been arrested in the so-called prescription drug abuse case. The case concerns the seven-month period during which Irakli Mkheidze served as Director of the Agency for the Regulation of Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities.
Georgian Dream MPs and members of Giorgi Gakharia’s party physically clashed in Parliament. The video shows two Olympic champions, Lasha Talakhadze and Geno Petriashvili, as well as GD MP Archil Gorduladze, attacking their colleague.
🚨 1/ Azerbaijani authorities have reportedly blocked the website of Tbilisi-based online outlet OC Media — the site is inaccessible across the country.
1/ A court has sentenced defendants Abo Naveriani, Anton Uper and Manuchar Mikeladze to five years’ imprisonment each in connection with the October 4 case, while Nana Sanders was sentenced to seven years in prison.
1/ The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has held Russia responsible for the torture and killing of Giorgi Antsukhelidze and other Georgian soldiers.
1/ Irakli Kobakhidze compared the European Parliament's non-recognition of the Georgian Dream government to Russia's non-recognition of Georgia's territorial integrity.
t has been 7 years since the brutal crackdown on the anti-Russian protest held in Tbilisi on June 20, 2019. Today's march was dedicated to commemorating that day. We would also like to remind you that protests are still being held in Tbilisi every day. #GeorgiaProtests
2/ Judge Giorgi Gelashvili announced the verdicts. The other six sentenced protesters are Ia Darakhvelidze, Kakhaber Mzhavanadze, Davit Sturua, Konstantine Kokaia, Zakro Albutashvili, and Davit Zhghenti.