Sunday, August 3, 2025

Saakashvili convicted of ordering parliamentarian's beating in 2005

The doctors said MP Valeri Gelashvili barely survived after being beaten by masked men in 2005. (1tv.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Thursday found former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of ordering the beating of a parliamentarian in 2005.

Saakashvili was sentenced to six years in prison and stripped of his right to hold government

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Former President Saakashvili convicted of 'abuse of power' by Tbilisi court

Mikheil SaakashviliTBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Friday found the country’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to three years in jail.

The sentence, which was passed in absentia, was initially four years, but the term was curtailed due to an amnesty law.

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'Saakashvili ordered beating of MP who criticized him to set an example'

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Irakli Okruashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on Tuesday testified that ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili ordered the beating of a parliament member to make an example of what would happen to others if they dared openly criticize him.

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Red paint bombs thrown at Saakashvili Library in Tbilisi

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Lado Sadgobelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Five people were detained during tumults outside the Saakashvili Presidential Library in Tbilisi on Friday.

Inside the building, activists for the National Movement held an exhibition dedicated to the one year anniversary of the revolution in

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Rally in Tbilisi to demand accountability for Saakashvili regime

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Demonstrators demand to ‘restore justice’ and punish officials that committed violations during the Saakashvili regime. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Over a thousand people demonstrated in central Tbilisi on Saturday, demanding that officials that broke the law during the Saakashvili regime are held to account.

They demand that officials in the Saakashvili regime who committed crimes are punished,

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Georgia creates body to investigate crimes by legal proceedings

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The Prosecutor General’s Office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia wants to create a new department which will investigate offenses committed in the course of legal proceedings.

The initiative comes after the office has received thousands of applications from victims of alleged

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UN expert panel supports Georgia's investigations

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The family of murdered ranger Davit Tsendeliani demonstrated in June, demanding justice. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Nations Human Rights Committee urges Georgia to continue its trials against former officials and welcomes the country’s adoption of an anti-discrimination law last May.

This is some of the content of a new report drawn up by the influential

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Activists in Georgia demand to have justice restored

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Activists are putting pressure on the government to create a committee to right the wrongs of the Saakashvili regime. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists on Sunday gathered in front of the old parliament building in Tbilisi demanding the creation of a committee to go through miscarriages of justice during former President Saakashvili.

The demonstration was organized by the organization

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Parliament asks to investigate violations during Saakashvili

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A student demonstrates against Saakashvili outside Tbilisi State University in the aftermath of the prisoners abuse scandal in September 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the parliament has asked the government to investigate crimes committed during the Saakashvili regime.

The bureau of parliament on Friday recommended the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor’s Office

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