Judge Davit Makaridze of the Tbilisi City Court found civil activist Anastasia Dolidze liable for an administrative offence in connection with a protest held on the sidewalk and issued her a verbal warning. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) alleged that Anastasia Dolidze created an obstruction for pedestrians on the sidewalk near the Parliament of Georgia on 18 December..

Anastasia Dolidze is the sixteenth activist brought before the court on the same grounds for protesting on the sidewalk. Of these 16 individuals, eight were subjected to administrative detention – four of them for four days and others for five days – while eight individuals (predominantly women) received verbal warnings.Administrative proceedings against citizens in relation to sidewalk protests commenced following legislative amendments adopted by Georgian Dream on 12 December 2025.  As a result of these amendments, protest activity on sidewalks was, in effect, also prohibited. For a first violation, the legislation provides for administrative detention for a period of up to 15 days (up to 20 days in the case of an organizer), while a repeated violation may result in the imposition of criminal liability. According to the assessment of Transparency International Georgia, “the detention of an individual for standing on a sidewalk, even under administrative procedure, let alone the imposition of criminal punishment cannot withstand any criticism when assessed against the standards of freedom of assembly guaranteed by the Constitution of Georgia and by international human rights instruments.”