On 22 October 2025, Judge Nino Enukidze of the Tbilisi City Court found civic activist Giorgi Eliashvili liable for an administrative offence on the grounds of failure to comply with a lawful order of the police and imposed an administrative fine of GEL 2,000.
According to available information, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia alleged that Eliashvili had artificially obstructed a roadway and failed to comply with a lawful police order, namely to leave the road. However, the court established that Eliashvili had not blocked the road and discontinued the proceedings in that part. Notwithstanding this finding, the court nevertheless held him liable for disobedience and imposed the fine.
Proceedings commenced in October 2025 and were postponed on several occasions due to the failure to present evidence. The examination of evidence was concluded in November 2025. Video footage submitted by the defence indicates that, at the time of detention, Eliashvili was standing on the curb and was subsequently moved onto the roadway by police officers. Eliashvili was detained on 22 October 2025.In a social media statement, his lawyer, Boris Chele Kurua, questioned the legal basis for the finding of disobedience, noting that the court itself determined that Eliashvili had not been engaged in the conduct (road blocking) which he was allegedly ordered to cease.
