Monday, December 8, 2025

Journalists take Georgian police to court over May 26 beating

Three journalists and four media companies filed an administrative lawsuit at Tbilisi city court Tuesday morning against Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, asking to be compensated for the injuries they sustained in the night of May 26, when police violently dispersed a protest rally ahead of an Independence Day parade. The journalists presented the court … Read more

Gate crashing the President's vineyard

The reason journalist Shalva Ramishvili wanted to get into Mikheil Saakashvili’s vineyard on Sunday was that the president was hosting a number of other TV journalists there. Georgian TV viewers have become accustomed to these events, which are often broadcast live on several of the national channels, all of which are widely believed to be … Read more