Activists Released after Paying Fine

Court fined six activists from the advocacy group Equality Institute GEL 400 each and released them late on April 23.

The activists were arrested on April 23 while they were protesting outside the president’s office against what they described as “police violence” and “a police state.” 

Police officers at the scene said the activists were arrested because of a public disorder offense and because of disobeying police orders.

Lasha Chkhartishvili of the Equality Institute was among the detainees. He is a majoritarian MP candidate nominated by the nine-party opposition bloc in the Ozurgeti single-mandate constituency in western Georgia.