Police Conduct Searches of Protest Participants Near Parliament
On 12 March, a notable deployment of law enforcement personnel was observed on Rustaveli Avenue, in the area surrounding the Parliament building, where officers were conducting checks of individuals participating in a public assembly.
Verbal Confrontation Reported Between Bystander and Protest Participants Following Demonstration Near Parliament
a verbal confrontation occurred between a private individual and protest participants in the underground passage near the First Public School in 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.
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.
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.
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.
