TBILISI, October 10 – Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, one of the most controversial figures from ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s government, spoke defiantly to reporters after being questioned Friday at the Criminal Police Department in Tbilisi. Akhalaia, who was summoned for questioning on Thursday in connection with an unspecified criminal investigation, dismissed the process as a … Read more
TBILISI, October 9 – Former Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia has been summoned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation, the ministry confirmed Wednesday. Officials did not specify which case Akhalaia has been called to testify in. According to a statement by his wife, Ani Nadareishvili, he is … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rejected a call by his predecessor Mikheil Saakashvili that it is a test of ‘decency’ to pardon three former top government officials who are convicted of crimes committed while in office.
Saakashvili, who is now
TBILISI, DFWatch–One of the strongmen in Saakashvili’s government was Wednesday sentenced to seven years and six months in jail in a case concerning beating of prisoners and a fatal shooting in 2006.
As the judge announced the verdict there was noise
TBILISI, DFWatch–Supporters of Georgia’s former regime demonstrated outside the house of the prime minister on Sunday. Outraged passers-by confronted them, and several people were detained in the scuffle.
The protesters demanded that the courts are freed from
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Saturday added further pretrial detention for former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia for the murder of Sergo Tetradze.
Akhalaia’s defense lawyers wanted the court to set a 30,000 lari bail, but the court decided on two months
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court Saturday placed former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia in pretrial detention on new charges concerning the murder of Sergo Tetradze.
Akhalaia’s lawyers wanted the court to set 30,000 lari bail, but the court decided to place
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia on Wednesday brought further charges against former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, for abuse of power and organizing torture and sexual abuse. Akhalaia called the accusations a lie.
The incident took
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has asked parliament for its consent to start a criminal prosecution against one parliamentarian, Roland Akhalaia.
Parliament will announce its decision on Monday.
MP Roland Akhalaia is father of Data
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Chief Prosecutor in Georgia has ordered the arrest of former officials at the Constitutional Security Department (CSD), after they were questioned about the cases against Bacho and Data Akhalaia.
Former CSD head Levan Kardava and Giorgi