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The arrest of opposition voices is an attack at Georgia’s democratic foundations, which are being eroded by the day, - EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos writes on her X page.

4 liberal opposition leaders have been thrown in jail by the Georgian Dream regime. This is pure political repression, reads a statement issued by the ALDE Party, an alliance of European liberal parties.

Politically motivated prosecutions and arrests of opposition politicians go against basic democratic values, European Commission Spokesperson Annita Hipper writes on her X page.

We must act on Georgia today if we do not want to see a second Belarus in the Caucasus, said Knut Abraham, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

We condemn not only the arrests of opposition politicians, but also the closure of civil society space, - said Stephen Doughty, Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained one person in connection with the car crash into protesters.

I condemn the jailing of my friend Giorgi Vashadze, the UK must sanction Ivanishvili and his corrupt government now, - this is how UK MP James MacCleary responds to the prison sentence for Giorgi Vashadze.

Any person who, in any form - verbally, through obscene or other actions, in any circumstances - expresses disrespect to a judge during a court session or in a public space will be held responsible. This is one of a number of changes reflected in the Law on Common Courts”.

Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze have a fighting spirit, feel strong and motivated, - Levan Samushia, the lawyer of the leaders of Lelo-Strong Georgia - Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, who visited the opposition leaders in Rustavi Penitentiary No. 12 today, told InterpressNews.

According to former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's lawyer, Mamuka Chabashvili, Okruashvili has been charged with new charges in prison.

Mariam Kvrivishvili has been appointed Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze made the announcement about the relevant change at the briefing held at the government administration.

Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili is resigning. Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze announced the above at a briefing at the Government Administration.

Some NGOs say the arrest of opposition leaders is another step towards dictatorship. As they said in a joint statement, the ruling regime in Georgia has finally chosen the path of authoritarianism.

The leader of the Strategy Builder party, Giorgi Vashadze, has been arrested. After the court’s decision was pronounced, law enforcement officers arrived at the party’s office and handcuffed the politician right there.

I would like to address our international partners and friends: with our current steps, we are showing that we are ready to fight to the end, but we need your support, we need concrete, effective steps, which I am sure will come very soon, - Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of the Strategy Builder, stated at the briefing after the court found him guilty of failing to comply with the request of the temporary parliamentary investigative commission and sentenced him to imprisonment.

The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, is echoing the planned amendments to the Law on Common Courts.

I am addressing Ivanishvili: You are the enemy of this country! - Do you think you can scare us with imprisonment?! No one is afraid of you! You and your entire entourage are nothing! - Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of the Strategy Builder, stated at the briefing, thus responding to the prison sentence against him.

The court found Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of the Strategy Builder party, guilty of failing to comply with the request of the temporary investigative commission of the Parliament.

Georgian Dream is in a paranoid state, and this is a classic indicator of the end of such a regime - these are moments of fluctuations and we must endure, although enduring is not easy, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, told journalists at the office of Strategy Builder.

My imprisonment and that of a few people is nothing. The whole of Georgia is imprisoned by Georgian Dream, we are fighting for the liberation of Georgia, - the leader of the Strategy Builder, Giorgi Vashadze told journalists at the party office.

Yesterday, we witnessed a series of attacks on the Georgian state from Brussels, which has recently become a sad trend, writes the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili.

Does anyone in the EU still doubt that Georgian Dream has chosen the path of dictatorship? - the European Parliament rapporteur on Georgia, MEP Rasa Juknevičienė writes on her X page.

Opposition leaders in handcuffs, NGO's under assault, journalists in jail. Quo vadis Georgia? - the German Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, writes on the social platform X.