Friday, May 29, 2026

Saakashvili heavyweights weigh in on detentions

Former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili feels the detention of a former deputy is a personal attack on him. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The long serving interior minister in Georgia has weighed in on the prosecution of his former deputy.

Vano Merabishvili, the powerful and feared former interior minister who last summer became prime minister, and after losing the parliamentary

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Georgia opens sweeping case against domestic intelligence

The Moduli building in Tbilisi, where Georgia's domestic intelligence has interrogated political activists in recent years. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Prosecutors in Georgia have detained twelve former and current mostly intelligence officers and accused them of kidnapping, unjustified interrogations, abuse of powers, intrusion on privacy and intentional damage to property.

Eleven out of the

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Ex-minister moved to mafia prison

Former defense, prison and interior minister Bacho Akhalaia has been moved from Gldani prison to Prison number 7 in Ortachala, south in Tbilisi, known for holding members of the Georgian mafia. (IPN.)

A detained former government official has been moved from a prison scandalized by revelations of torture to another prison, which is known for holding so-called thieves in law.

Former interior minister Bacho Akhalaia is in detention awaiting trial for abuse of power,

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