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Most October 4 detainees freed following plea agreements
TBILISI, November 13 – Four more detainees who were facing five years in prison after the October 4, 2025 rally will be released in December after reaching plea agreements with prosecutors. Freeing the detainees has been one of the main demands at daily opposition protests since the 2024 parliamentary election. These latest releases continue a…
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Two police officers convicted for violence at 2024 protests
TBILISI, November 13 – Two members of Georgia’s riot police have been sentenced to five years in prison for violence against a protester during the country’s 2024 demonstrations. The convictions are part of cleanup after the violence exerted by security officers during the protests in connection with the parliamentary election in 2024, Interpressnews reported. So…
Opinion
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Euronews ‘roughing it up’
Euronews’s sit-down with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was supposed to offer scrutiny of the country’s stalled EU membership bid. Instead, we got something more akin to a prosecutor gesturing with a microphone. Before the November 3 live interview (LINK – segment starts at 5:00:00) even began, a presenter announced that Euronews wanted to “rough…
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How Georgia’s NGO spin machine turns a claim into fact
Who wouldn’t want to be a fly on the wall when a Western politician sits down with Georgia’s foreign minister, Maka Botchorishvili, and gets a rude awakening: the version of events fed to them back home bears little resemblance to reality? This month offered a fascinating case study in how that gap can occur. It…