საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

Since all state institutions in Georgia are controlled by the Georgian Dream regime, we call on international organizations to express a strict assessment of the political persecution of opposition politicians, former politicians, representatives of non-governmental organizations, journalists and representatives of other professions - in addition, we call on the OSCE/ODIHR to promptly begin monitoring the criminal trials of political prisoners in accordance with the appeal of the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, - reads the statement of some non-governmental organizations.

If anyone ever asks years later when a dictatorship was established in Georgia, you can confidently answer that it was established on May 22, 2025, - Tina Khidasheli, founder of the organization Civil Idea, stated at the general briefing of non-governmental organizations.

According to the Public Defender, two persons detained on administrative charges in the vicinity of the Tbilisi City Court on May 22 point to alleged use of excessive force and ill-treatment by the police.

The anti-American Georgian Dream regime has wrongly arrested key opposition figure Zurab Japaridze and is creating a precedent to jail all opposition, - Congressman Joe Wilson (Republican Party) writes on his X page.

Zurab Girchi Japaridze has been added to the existing prisoners of conscience, a man who is an outstanding patriot of this country who wants only one thing - no repression can interfere with the unwavering will of freedom-loving people to defend the independence of their country, - Badri Japaridze, one of the leaders of Lelo-Strong Georgia, writes on the social network, thus responding to the detention of one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, Zurab Japaridze.

In principle, he gave a diplomatic answer and I am satisfied with this answer, - this is how Mikheil Kavelashvili assessed the answer of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Congressman Joe Wilson's question on Imedi TV.

Is Georgia becoming the new Belarus? What are we doing? - This is how MEP Nathalie Loiseau responds to the arrest of opposition leader Zurab Japaridze.

The Georgian Dream government and their oligarch puppet master Ivanishvili have crossed another line. The UK governmentsanctions should follow, - British MP James MacCleary wretes on his X page.

Today, Georgia’s dictatorship committed yet another crime against justice, democracy, and the rule of law by unlawfully arresting Zurab Japaridze, - Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, writes about this on his X page.

"Another shameful example of political persecution in Georgia!" – This is how MEP Petras Auštrevičius responded to the arrest of Zurab Japaridze.

The brutality of the “Georgian Dream” regime continues to escalate, and the European Union and its member states must impose sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and his associates immediately. This is what MEP Rasa Juknevičienė wrote on her X page.

The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, released a statement on behalf of the “Resistance Platform” regarding the arrest of Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the “Coalition for Change.”