“I agree that human rights were violated [during the protest rallies],” said the Prosecutor General of Georgia, Giorgi Gvarakidze, during a plenary session of Parliament where he presented the 2025 report, in response to a question from Giga Pharulava, a member of the “Gakharia for Georgia” faction.

According to Gvarakidze, individuals have been detained in connection with acts of violence against protest participants, which means he agrees that human rights were violated during the protests.

“I agree that human rights were violated [during the protest rallies]. If I did not agree with this and if it were not an acknowledged fact on our part, we would not be prosecuting individuals criminally. Since there are victims and since a criminal investigation is ongoing, I of course say and agree that certain individuals were harmed by these actions, which led to an appropriate response, and five individuals have been brought to criminal responsibility in this case.

These are the persons for whom it was possible to collect evidence, and I will also tell you that the investigation in this case is not yet completed. These five individuals were charged during my tenure as Prosecutor General.

The investigation is still ongoing, and we are doing our best that if evidence is obtained regarding other individuals, we will continue to pursue criminal liability,” Gvarakidze said.

He also responded to another question from Giga Pharulava regarding the responsibility of senior officials in relation to alleged violence by law enforcement officers against citizens in Gori.

“Once again, I would like to say that the investigation in this case is ongoing. At this stage, the responsibility of any specific senior official has not been established. I also want to emphasize that the Criminal Code of Georgia does not provide for collective responsibility. Criminal responsibility is individual. Those persons against whom we collected evidence have been prosecuted, while the mere fact that a superior exists and that subordinates committed a crime does not mean that the supervisor must also be held criminally responsible. The supervisor must either have committed a crime themselves or we must establish that they committed a crime,” Gvarakidze said.