The court imposed 25 days of administrative detention on doctor Giorgi Akhobadze, a participant in the continuous protest rallies. The decision was delivered by Judge Manuchar Tsatsua.
According to reports, the court considered and consolidated two administrative cases against Akhobadze. The cases concerned both posts published on social media, including those relating to Grigol Kachkachishvili, Irakli Kobakhidze, and Levan Makhashvili, as well as insulting statements allegedly made during a telephone conversation toward current and former employees of the Central Criminal Police Department and its chancellery.
According to the pro-government TV Imedi, the basis for imposing administrative detention was the repeated nature of the alleged insulting acts. According to the channel, Akhobadze had been requesting the return of a mobile phone seized within the framework of the criminal case pending against him, after which he verbally insulted police officers.
Following the court’s decision, Giorgi Akhobadze stated that he had been found administratively liable for “insulting police officers who plant evidence.” “They found me guilty of insulting police officers who planted evidence,” Akhobadze told TV Pirveli.
Earlier, on 8 July 2026, former prisoner of conscience Giorgi Akhobadze was fined GEL 3,000. At that time, the newly established Division for Combating Hate Speech within the Ministry of Internal Affairs pursued administrative proceedings against him over an insulting comment made on Vato Shakarashvili’s Facebook page.
Giorgi Akhobadze was detained in Tbilisi in December 2024, when he was returning home from the protest rally taking place on Rustaveli Avenue. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a narcotic substance was found on him; however, Akhobadze stated that the drugs had been planted. The criminal charge brought against him – illegal purchase and possession of a particularly large quantity of narcotic drugs carried a penalty of 8 to 20 years or life imprisonment. On 6 August 2025, Tbilisi City Court Judge Romeo Tkheshelashvili found Giorgi Akhobadze not guilty and released him from the courtroom, citing insufficient evidence.
Administrative proceedings against citizens over opinions expressed in public spaces are initiated on the basis of administrative offence reports drawn up by the newly established Division for Combating Hate Speech within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The new division has been operating within the Ministry of Internal Affairs since 1 June. The division’s task is to monitor and proactively identify statements disseminated in public spaces that are degrading to human dignity, insulting, or contain hate speech, if they bear signs of an administrative offence.
