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Omar Okribelashvili and Saba Meparishvili, who were arrested for damaging a 400-GEL dam during a protest in the spring of 2024, were released after spending 18 months in prison.

#TerrorinGeorgia
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨 The bodies of all 20 people aboard a Turkish military cargo plane have been found at the crash site and nearby areas in Georgia. The plane, flying from Azerbaijan to Turkey, crashed on Nov 11 about 5 km from the Azerbaijan–Georgia border in Sighnaghi municipality.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
On November 4, teacher, historian, researcher, and mother of nine children, Rusiko Kobakhidze, was sentenced to three days in prison for blocking a road. She had already been sentenced to one day in prison for blocking the road on November 5.

#TerrorinGeorgia
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, has been transferred from the Viva Medi clinic back to prison. Saakashvili was arrested in Georgia on October 1, 2021. He began a hunger strike and was transferred to the clinic on May 12, 2022, due to deteriorating health.
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 Just in: The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has initiated criminal proceedings against Giorgi @GakhariaGiorgi in connection with the June 20 rally crackdown and the Chorchana checkpoint cases.

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November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
1/ The Georgian Dream government was not invited to the EU enlargement forum. The information was confirmed to Publika by the European Commission.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A Turkish C-130 cargo plane has crashed near the Georgian–Azerbaijani border, with at least 20 people on board. The Turkish Defense Ministry stated that it is working with the Azerbaijani and Georgian authorities.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Irakli Khmaladze served in the role since May 15, 2025, after serving as Tbilisi Deputy Mayor under Kakha Kaladze since 2017. According to multiple journalistic investigations, Khmaladze does not officially own any property, although he is alleged to be a millionaire in reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Under the repressive law of the GD, wearing a medical mask at a protest is prohibited and is punishable by imprisonment. Mikheil Zakareishvili wears a mask in front of the police almost every day to protest the absurd law.

#GeorgiaProtests
Day 348
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1/ Georgian Dream MP Mariam Lashkhi commented on the verdict of imprisoned journalist and media manager Mzia Amaglobeli in response to a question from opposition MP Sopho Khorguani of “Gakharia for Georgia.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The police are not allowing the protesters to block the road. They are not even permitted to cross the zebra crossing. Now, the protesters are marching through the narrow streets, shouting protest slogans.

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#TerrorinGeorgia
Day 347
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fines and arrests for blocking the road have failed to deter protesters from occupying Rustaveli Avenue. That’s why today, November 7, the 345th day of protests, police are mobilized on both sides of the road.

#GeorgiaProtests
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
1/ Criminal prosecution has been initiated against opposition politicians: Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze.

#TerrorinGeorgia
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Criminal prosecution has been initiated against opposition politicians: Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze.
🚨Breaking: The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office stated that criminal prosecution has been initiated in the so-called “sabotage case” against opposition politicians Saakashvili, Vashadze, Gvaramia, Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Khoshtaria and Khazaradze-Japaridze.

#TerrorinGeorgia
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🚨Breaking: The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office stated that criminal prosecution has been initiated in the so-called “sabotage case” against opposition politicians Saakashvili, Vashadze, Gvaramia, Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Khoshtaria and Khazaradze-Japaridze.

#TerrorinGeorgia
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Rusudan Kobakhidze, 65, a historian, researcher, and teacher, was arrested "for blocking" Rustaveli Avenue.

#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Formula TV journalist Liza Tsitsishvili was reporting on Rustaveli Street when she was arrested. She was released a few minutes later.

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#TerrorinGeorgia
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
1/ The European Commission warns that Georgia’s EU accession process has “effectively come to a standstill” due to serious democratic backsliding.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The police arrested teacher Manana Javashvili, her adult sons, and sister “for blocking Rustaveli.” Javashvili, along with her sons Giga and Lado Tsibakhashvili, was detained simultaneously for 2 and 8 days, respectively. Manana’s sister was summoned to an administrative hearing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1/ A 71-year-old woman, Aza Chilachava was arrested by police in Tbilisi for blocking the road. This was her second arrest, and under the Georgian Dream’s repressive law adopted to suppress protests, it is punishable under the criminal code with up to one year in prison.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
1/ Because he crossed Rustaveli Avenue in protest, police have arrested Giorgi Tsikarishvili, former head of the Euro-Atlantic Integration Department of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

#TerrorinGeorgia
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
1/ Because he crossed Rustaveli Avenue in protest, police have arrested Giorgi Tsikarishvili, former head of the Euro-Atlantic Integration Department of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM