Friday, December 5, 2025

Saakashvili given pre-trial detention in absentia

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaking in Kiev in March, 2014. (Maestro.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday evening decided to issue a pre-trial detention order for ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, although he is not in Georgia at the moment.

After leaving office in November 2013, the former president has not been in Georgia.

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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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Saakashvili formally charged for 2007 crackdown

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili during an interview with a Ukrainian TV channel. (112.ua.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was Monday criminally charged for the hardhanded crackdown on anti-government protesters and the storming of a TV station in Tbilisi on November 7, 2007.

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'Biden threatened sanctions to stop them questioning me'

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Mikheil Saakashvili during an interview with Ukrainian TV in December, 2013. (112.ua)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A government spokesman in Georgia rejects a claim by ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili that US Vice President Joe Biden called and threatened sanctions.

Saakashvili claimed Biden threatened that the West would seize ex-Prime Minister Bidzina

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Saakashvili wants to educate Ukrainians in reforms

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is to start a center for the study of reforms in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Saakashvili, who is currently in Kiev, said in an interview with a TV channel there that he wants to share his experiences

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