Georgian Dream is now considering criminalizing the non-recognition of the so-called government, which means this very sentence could soon land me in jail. I’ve honestly lost count of how many laws now officially classify me as a criminal in Georgia.

The GD-controlled Parliament has passed a new repressive law on grants in its first reading, criminalizing foreign funding and foreign connections or networking. 1/2

Georgian Dream has announced new amendments to the Russian-style laws on foreign grants and so-called “foreign agents.” What they’ve presented goes beyond legal absurdity, so I’m trying to fully understand it before reporting in detail. But it doesn’t look good at all.

In Tbilisi, daily solidarity protests are taking place outside the Iranian embassy in support of the Iranian people’s resistance.

Today’s #GeorgiaProtests march is dedicated to the imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. The founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, and a Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli has been behind bars for exactly one year.

Irakli Gharibashvili, ex PM of 🇬🇪 and once Bidzina Ivanishvili’s closest ally, was sentenced to five years in prison for laundering especially large amounts of illicit income. 1/2

Happy Collapse of the Soviet Union Day to everyone who celebrates!

BREAKING: Grigol Liluashvili, former head of the State Security Service, has been arrested on charges of taking bribes in several cases. He stepped down in April 2025 amid a wave of resignations by senior officials.

Political leader Zurab Japaridze is spending his first evening out of prison on Rustaveli Avenue. Protesters at #GeorgiaProtests greeted him with cheers. He spent seven months in unjust detention.

All these people on Rustaveli Avenue are risking arrest tonight for up to 15 days, as protesting on sidewalks is now prohibited and they received official notice yesterday. #GeorgiaProtests Day 385.

Day 381 of non-stop, uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests. Under the new law, organizers must notify the authorities five days in advance, otherwise protesters face up to 14 days of detention. No one notified the regime, though.

“Mind your own country and mind your own people,” said Irakli Kirtskhalia, a member of the GD led Parliament, addressing the UK government, which he called a “non formal, oligarchic government.” 1/2

“The regime must resign!” — the banner was hung from a bridge in Tbilisi today. A major rally is planned later under the slogan “the regime is poisoning us,” after BBC Eye’s new investigation indicated that GD used a chemical agent to disperse #GeorgiaProtests.

It’s here!

🇬🇪| This week’s Georgia: Explained is out. One year of daily protests, BBC Eye’s investigation into a banned toxic chemical used on protesters, and the arrest of Aleko Elisashvili after trying to burn the City Court chancellery: shorturl.at/ji0V5

“Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.” 1/3 www.bbc.com/news/article...

In a new BBC film released today, Girchi - More Freedom member Gela Khasaia says he knows he could become yet another political prisoner at any moment. The tragic irony is that Khasaia is, in fact, a political prisoner today.

Prosecutor General’s Office has upgraded the charge against Lelo Coalition member Aleko Elisashvili from property damage to terrorism. The MIA claims that on the night of Nov 29, Elisashvili broke into the Tbilisi City Court chancellery and attempted to set the building on fire. 1/2

Lelo Party member Aleko Elisashvili was arrested this morning. According to the MIA, last night Aleko Elisashvili used a hammer to break the window of Tbilisi City Hall’s chancellery, entered the building, poured gasoline on documents, and attempted to set them on fire. 1/

Wave of people filled the streets tonight for the one-year anniversary of daily, uninterrupted, non-stop #GeorgiaProtests. It’s day 366 and the resistance is as alive as ever. Until the end, until the victory.

The protest march is about to kick off from Tbilisi State University. A year of uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests!

Giorgi Shermadini, player of Georgia’s National Basketball Team, was booed after thanking PM Irakli Kobakhidze in his final speech before retirement. When we say #GeorgiaProtests are everywhere, we mean it.

“The regime must step down” - today in Tbilisi. #GeorgiaProtests in many forms.

Fireworks Before Christmas - the new track & video by Georgian musician Coo (David Tsintsadze) features footage from last year’s mass #GeorgiaProtests. His first EP, against, will be dedicated to the resistance. This honestly gives me shivers. Until victory, SAKARTVELO! 🇬🇪🇪🇺

🇬🇪 Georgia is experiencing one of the fastest declines in civic freedoms in Europe. Our new Observatory report, "Under Siege: How Georgia Is Dismantling Civil Society," shows how repressive laws, smear campaigns and intimidation are shrinking civic space.

Nika Melia, co-chair of the Ahali Party who is already in jail, was given an additional year and a half in prison for splashing water on the judge during his own hearing. There’s another ongoing criminal case against him as well.

Happening now in front of Parliament: part of the protesters are marching through the adjacent streets of Rustaveli Avenue. Dozens have been arrested. There is a heavy police presence. Day 357 of non stop #GeorgiaProtests.

More and more police are being deployed on Rustaveli Avenue and the adjacent streets as protesters were massively arrested at today’s #GeorgiaProtests. It is day 357 of non stop protest.

Mass arrests are taking place tonight in Tbilisi. #GeorgiaProtests

Amid the non-stop #GeorgiaProtests on Rustaveli Avenue, GD has announced that renovation of the street will begin next year.

Ex-Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for abuse of official authority in a case dating back to 2004. Okruashvili is already in jail for refusing to participate in the so-called parliamentary investigative commission.

Day 356 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests! 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸

NEW: Over the past week, Georgian Dream regime launched new criminal cases against opposition leaders, opened investigations against ex-PM Giorgi Gakharia, moved to strip the diaspora of voting rights, and kept chasing protesters through Tbilisi’s streets: shorturl.at/TK9H4

Zaza Shatirishvili, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s spokesperson and his caricature-like version of Alexander Dugin, says JD Vance is a representative of the Deep State and claims this “Deep State” is responsible for the crisis in the EU.

Georgian Dream is banning the purchase of the only non-lethal self-defense tool available, pepper spray. As a woman, pepper spray was the only thing that gave me a sense of security while walking at night.

GD is abolishing both the Personal Data Protection Service and the Anti-Corruption Bureau. The latter, which was originally meant to oversee corruption risks within state institutions, had recently been turned into the main enforcement body of the Russian-style “agents law.”

Insane: according to GD’s new initiative, Georgian citizens living abroad will be banned from participating in Georgian elections. In the rigged 2024 parliamentary elections, GD lost the vote abroad by a large margin to the opposition.

Democratic forces have announced a major rally for November 28, marking one year since Georgian Dream halted EU accession talks. “The regime failed at its main goal, stopping the resistance. As long as we keep fighting, keep acting, and refuse to give up, Ivanishvili cannot win.” #GeorgiaProtests

Razhden Kuprashvili, head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the official responsible for enforcing repressive Russian-style laws against media and CSOs, has reportedly stepped down.

And what that institution did to her before that does not count?! Kindly remind you that Mzia was a victim of inhumane behavior - she experienced verbal abuse, was spatted in her face, was not allowed to drink a water, or to use a toilet for hours!

Member of the GD-led Parliament admits that the charges against journalist Mzia Amaglobeli are in fact politically motivated, and not about the so-called “slap, pain, or redness of the cheek.” 1/2

When even harsh penalties, from mass arbitrary detentions to criminal charges, couldn’t stop Georgians from blocking Rustaveli Avenue night after night, the regime has now decided to physically flood the street with an unprecedented number of police officers. #GeorgiaProtests

It’s also a direct message to the European Union and the United States: the regime has openly stated that one of the grounds for these charges is the leaders’ cooperation with Western partners. 1/

Just in: The regime has launched new criminal prosecutions against already detained political leaders. 1/3

Rusiko Kobakhidze, a mother of nine, teacher, and researcher of Soviet repressions, was arrested today for participating in the #GeorgiaProtests. 📸 Megi Benia

GD’s elite corruption scandals continue: today, police raided the home of former Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze and arrested his deputy, Koba Gabunia. Homes of twenty more individuals were also searched. 1/2

Just in: Georgian Dream is filing a constitutional lawsuit demanding the ban of the following political parties: -United National Movement (UNM) -Coalition for Change/Ahali Party -Lelo Party 1/

Leading 🇬🇪 CSOs have issued a joint statement condemning the law adopted by the GD, which allows the regime to ban political parties and indefinitely bar individuals “associated” with them from participating in elections, holding public office, or engaging in political activity. 1/4

Leading 🇬🇪 CSOs have issued a joint statement condemning the law adopted by the GD, which allows the regime to ban political parties and indefinitely bar individuals “associated” with them from participating in elections, holding public office, or engaging in political activity. 1/4

Georgian Dream has refused to participate in the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly taking place in Yerevan, citing the participation of the UNM party chairperson and the overall “hostile rhetoric of the European Parliament.”