The case has drawn criticism from Georgian civil society and European officials, while opposition representatives challenge the evidence and legal grounds for the proposed bans. Georgia’s Constitutional Court began hearings on 21 October 2026 on a constitutional complaint brought by 88 MPs from…
იხილე სრულად: batumelebi.netgazeti.ge ↗On October 21, hearings began at Georgia’s Constitutional Court in Batumi on Georgian Dream’s constitutional complaint seeking to ban political parties. In its complaint, Georgian Dream is seeking to have the activities of all five major opposition political parties declared unconstitutional and…
By decision of Georgian Dream, refusing to recognize constitutional bodies will become a criminal offense. The announcement was made on February 16 during a session of the Legal Affairs Committee in the Georgian Dream parliament, as lawmakers discussed another restrictive amendment to the law on…
Tbilisi City Court Judge Liana Kajashvili has fully upheld the civil lawsuit filed by Georgian Dream propagandist film director Goga Khaindrava against the critical TV broadcaster Formula TV. The court ordered “Shabatis Formula” to retract the “materially false statements containing information…
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, has passed a restrictive legislative package that substantially broadens the definition of grants, criminalizes non-recognition of constitutional bodies, and imposes new restrictions on civil society, political engagement, and public expression. The new law…
On April 24, Tbilisi City Court has terminated proceedings in yet another defamation lawsuit brought by journalist Mzia Amaglobeli against Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. The hearing was held in Kobakhidze’s absence, as neither he nor his legal representative attended court. The…
Georgia’s Supreme Court has declined to consider the appeal of Mzia Amaglobeli, co-founder and director of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti. Under Georgia’s legal system, a Supreme Court decision to declare an appeal inadmissible means the court will not review the merits or…
On March 30, the Prosecutor’s Office brought a new charge against a Georgian opposition politicion Aleksandre (Aleko) Elisashvili. This time, he is accused of starting a fire in the archive building of the Tbilisi City Court. The prosecution alleges that, Elisashvili set the fire in the court…
Former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has released another letter from prison, saying he sees no point in attending court hearings because he considers the latest criminal case against him to be a political process. Garibashvili describes the proceedings against him as a political farce and…
On August 18, former Georgian Dream leader and former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has issued another statement, which he announced yesterday. Garibashvili says that the letter published yesterday was sent to him in July by one of Georgian Dream’s leaders, Mamuka Mdinaradze. According to…
Judge Giorgi Arevadze sentenced Georgian opposition leader and mother of four, Elene Khoshtaria, to one and a half years in prison for writing “Russian Dream” with a marker on an election banner of Kakha Kaladze, “causing damage estimated by the prosecution at 570 GEL”. Earlier, the same judge…
On the third day after the launch of US–Israel strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Georgian Dream government issued a statement expressing condolences to the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic for the deaths of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, other political leaders, “innocent civilians, and…
Georgian MMA fighter Giorgi Kartvelishvili has announced the creation of what he calls a new “public movement”, saying it will defend Georgian traditions, religion and national values against what he described as “foreign-funded individuals and groups in slavish obedience to foreign interests and…
