Civil activist Lasha Gabitashvili was prevented from departing from Tbilisi International Airport for nearly two hours on 22 February without being provided with an explanation. Gabitashvili was scheduled to travel to Paris. According to his account, he holds both Georgian and Israeli citizenship and presented his Israeli passport at passport control. Gabitashvili stated that his passport was returned to him approximately one hour after the aircraft had departed, as a result of which he was unable to board the flight. Border police later indicated that the delay had been caused by a “technical error in the system.”In January 2025, Gabitashvili was physically confronted by members of Georgian Dream in Abu Dhabi. In February 2025, after returning to Tbilisi, he was reportedly attacked by three masked individuals.