“Vakho Sanaia was sentenced to 14 days in detention over a Facebook post — apparently, we think dictatorship means tanks and armed men controlling the streets,” Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, wrote on social media.

With this statement, he responded to the detention of journalist Vakho Sanaia, who was sentenced to 14 days of administrative detention today.

For reference, today, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced journalist Vakho Sanaia to 14 days of administrative detention over a social media post concerning Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and MP Vladimir Bozhadze. The decision was issued by Judge Zviad Tsekvava. The Division for Combating Hate Speech, established within the Ministry of Internal Affairs to respond legally to the post, had appealed to the Tbilisi City Court.