Safety of activists in Georgia

Incidents

  • 10.03.2026
  • Tbilisi
  • Penitentiary System (Pre-trial Detention Center, Prison)
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Physical Violence and Ill-treatment Ill-treatment in Temporary Detention Facilities or Penitentiary Institutions

Zurab Menteshashvili and Denis Kulanin Report Inhuman or Degrading Conditions of Detention Following Placement in Solitary Confinement

On 10 March, according to publicly available information, Zurab Menteshashvili and Denis Kulanin were placed in solitary confinement, where, according to their accounts, they are being held in conditions that may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment.
  • 09.03.2026
  • Court | Ministry of Interior
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Detention Administrative Detention

MDF Employee Zviad Mzhavanadze Subjected to Four Days of Administrative Detention for Sidewalk Protest

  • 09.03.2026
  • Georgia
  • Police officer
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Detention Administrative Detention

After Returning from a Protest, Davit Chkheidze Taken for Drug Testing and Paata Alaverdashvili Administratively Detained

  • 09.03.2026
  • Georgia
  • Court
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Financial Sanctions Use of Fines, Sanctions or Administrative Leverage for the Purpose of Economic Pressure

Active Protest Participants Magda Mamukashvili and Mako Kapianidze Fined 5,000 GEL Each for Allegedly Blocking a Roadway

  • 09.03.2026
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Ministry of Interior
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Detention Administrative Detention

Saba Gelashvili Subjected to Four Days of Administrative Detention in Sidewalk Case

Judge Tornike Kapanadze of the Tbilisi City Court found Saba Gelashvili liable for an administrative offence related to standing on a sidewalk and subjected him to four days of administrative detention.
  • 09.03.2026
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Prosecutor's Office
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Imprisonment

Tbilisi Court of Appeals Upholds Five-Year Sentence Imposed on Giorgi Mindadze

On 9 March, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld the five-year term of imprisonment imposed on Giorgi Mindadze. The decision was issued by Judge Tea Leonidze.
  • 09.03.2026
  • Tbilisi
  • Parliament of Georgia
  • Suppression of Protest
Incident Type:
Adoption / Tightening of Repressive Legislation

Georgian Dream Proposes Assigning Enforcement of the “Russian Law” to the State Audit Office

Georgian Dream introduced a legislative amendment in Parliament proposing that enforcement of the so-called “Russian law” (the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence) be transferred to the State Audit Office.
  • 08.03.2026
  • Georgia
  • SSSG / State Security Service of Georgia
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Indirect Pressure ("Chilling Effect") Summoning of Activists for "Interviews" or Interrogations

Following Public Statements and Research on Iranian Influence, State Security Service Calls Individuals in for Questioning

  • 04.03.2026
  • Georgia
  • Administrative body
  • Suppression of Protest
Incident Type:
Adoption / Tightening of Repressive Legislation

Parliament Adopts Legislative Amendments Concerning Foreign Funding and the “Non-Recognition of Authorities” in Third Reading

  • 04.03.2026
  • Georgia
  • Court
  • Persecution Due to Civil Activism
Incident Type:
Detention Administrative Detention

Two Participants of Pro-European Protests Sentenced to Administrative Detention for “Blocking the Roadway”

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