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“This is a very bad and dangerous amendment. I intend to call on lawyers as well — if the law allows this and extends the ban to lawyers so that they are left without phones and technical devices in the courtroom, then yes, lawyers should not enter court hearings until this inquisitorial and rights-violating law is withdrawn,” — said lawyer and founder of “House of Justice,” Eka Beselia, on PalitraNews’ program “360 Degrees.”

According to the head of the Tbilisi Patrol Police, Goga Memanishvili, one of the participants of the solidarity march was detained for verbally insulting a police officer.

“The ban on photo-video recording and audio recording in court cannot, under any possible interpretation, become grounds for confiscating electronic devices from lawyers when entering the court building,” – the Chairman of the Georgian Bar Association, David Asatiani, wrote on social media in response to the statement of the High Council of Justice’s judge member, Dimitri Gvritishvili, who told journalists that the regulation on bringing mobile phones into courtrooms applies equally to everyone.

Law enforcement officers have detained one of the participants of the solidarity march for Mate Devdize. According to existing information, the detainee is TSU lecturer Ketevan Khuskivadze.

A solidarity march for Mate Devdize, who is currently in prison, is underway from the first building of Tbilisi State University.

“Georgian Dream punished the emigrants because they play an important role in the protests taking place in Georgia,” said Giorgi Tavdgiridze, a member of the group Faris, commenting on the announced changes that will prevent Georgian citizens abroad from participating in parliamentary elections while outside the country.

The Tbilisi City Court found former Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Okruashvili guilty in the case of the death of Amiran (Buta) Robakidze, for abuse of official powers resulting in the violation of the victim’s personal dignity, while former Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili, also accused in the same case, was acquitted. The Prosecutor’s Office plans to appeal the acquittal, according to a statement released by the Prosecutor’s Office.

“The regulation is such that it applies to everyone,” — this is how Dimitri Gvritishvili, judge member of the High Council of Justice, responded to a journalist’s question about whether the ban on bringing mobile phones into courtrooms applies to journalists, prosecutors, lawyers, and attendees.

PACE co-rapporteurs are calling on the Georgian authorities to “stop politically motivated legal actions against the opposition.” The corresponding statement by the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Georgia — Edite Estrela and Sabina Ćudić — was published on the official PACE website.

“Ivanishvili must be forced to call elections not by his rules or even by our rules, but by international standards. For this, we must follow exactly the line we are following: protests inside the country and sanctions abroad,” reads the statement by Nika Gvaramia — imprisoned leader of the Coalition for Change.

Tbilisi City Court has sentenced former Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Okruashvili to 7 years in prison in the case of the murder of Buta Robakidze, while former Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili, who was also charged in the case, was acquitted. Okruashvili’s lawyer, Mamuka Chabashvili, confirmed this information to "InterpressNews".

“For us, it is important that every emigrant exercises the right to vote consciously and without any pressure - given that voters abroad are located under the jurisdiction of another state, ensuring the free expression of their will cannot be carried out effectively!” - with this argument, Davit Matikashvili, an MP from the Georgian Dream party, explained one of the provisions of the new Election Code, according to which, as in local elections, parliamentary elections will be held only in Georgia and polling stations will no longer be opened in foreign countries.

“Cooperation between Georgia and Armenia is extremely important, and it is based on sovereignty, identity, and mutual respect. I am also confident that establishing peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan will turn the South Caucasus into a very attractive logistics center,” said President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan during a joint briefing held together with Mikheil Kavelashvili.

“Georgia and Armenia have lived side by side in harmony for many centuries. The centuries-old relationship between our two countries, founded on mutual respect, trust, and unwavering friendship, has never been based solely on geographical proximity,” said Mikheil Kavelashvili during a joint briefing held together with the President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan.

In the murder case of the young teacher, Giga Avaliani, in the Sea District settlement, the Prosecutor’s Office has released a statement.

“Unfortunately, it is unclear why this decision was made. The [EU] did not provide any explanation. There was talk that they were ready to postpone this dialogue, and this was the position communicated to us. Therefore, once again, we state that we are ready at any time, in any format, to answer any questions,” Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Darakhvelidze told journalists while commenting on Brussels’ decision to cancel the Georgia–EU dialogue.

“We are witnessing the results of ‘Georgian Dream’ politics, which is why Georgia is no longer part of the EU enlargement agenda,” said Grigol Gegelia, Foreign Secretary of Lelo – Strong Georgia, commenting on the postponement of the Georgia-EU dialogue meeting on human rights.

The main financial document of the city is ready — the draft budget of Tbilisi for 2026 has already been submitted to the City Assembly. The total volume of the 2026 budget is 2,082,482,000 GEL, which is nearly 100 million GEL more than last year, Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze stated at a meeting of the city government.

“We are hearing disinformation-filled statements about the unprecedented investment in the history of our country, which will create more than 24,000 jobs and increase our economic turnover. They do this because this is exactly the fate of an agent — he must speak absolute lies, he must sign everything and, most importantly, he must fulfill the assignment he has received, according to which the social environment in our country must worsen,” — stated Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs Archil Gordulazde regarding the Eagle Hills project.

“Restricting emigrants’ right to vote abroad is political revenge for the results that Georgian Dream received abroad in 2024. Georgian Dream is fighting not only our compatriots living abroad — it is, in fact, the deprivation of the right to vote and of Georgian citizenship,” said Nugzar Tsiklauri, one of the leaders of “Coalition for Change”, on PalitraNews’ program “Day Newsroom”, responding to the ruling party’s initiative according to which citizens living abroad — just like in local self-government elections — will be able to vote in parliamentary elections only on the territory of Georgia.

President of the Republic of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan, has arrived in Georgia on an official visit.

Parliament will adopt a special law concerning minors for whom there is a reasonable presumption that they have committed an unlawful act envisaged by the Criminal Code, but who had not reached the age of 14 at the time of the act.

The number of hunger strikers outside the legislative body has increased — civil activist Isako Devizde has started a hunger strike.

“It is not surprising that Brussels avoids dialogue, especially on the issues about which, if asked, they would supposedly have the most to say. The reason is simple: when your positions are built on false narratives and disinformation, you know very well that during the very first reasoned conversation this false construction will collapse with a single touch of the truth,” — this is how the Chairman of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, responds to the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the EU–Georgia Human Rights Dialogue meeting has been postponed by the decision of the European Union.

“What we are witnessing today is a classic model of how completely uncontrolled systems operate. In their slang, this is called Безпредел,” former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili wrote on his Facebook page.