South Caucasus

December 23, 2025 17:07

• Mearakishvili refused to eat in police custody

  Activist Tamara Mearakishvili was found in a Ministry of Internal Affairs detention center after disappearing from her apartment in Tskhinvali, where she refused to eat. She is suspected of espionage, and her detention has attracted the attention of Tbilisi.

December 23, 2025 16:01

• The mitigation of the sentence in the case of Dzhabiev's death shocked the victims.

  The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has reduced the sentences of the police officers convicted in the torture and death of Inal Dzhabiev, and released one of them. The court's decision came as a surprise to Dzhabiev's widow and her lawyer, who had demanded a harsher sentence.

December 23, 2025 10:06

• The court refused to acknowledge any violations in the investigation in the Meydan TV case.

  The defendants and defense pointed out violations in the investigative documents and requested that they be excluded from the Meydan TV case file. The court denied the request to declare these documents inadmissible evidence.

December 23, 2025 06:12

• The court set bail for Zurab Japaridze.

  The Tbilisi City Court has set bail for opposition leader Zurab Japaridze, who was recently released from prison, at 30,000 lari.

December 23, 2025 04:14

• A Georgian citizen has been detained in South Ossetia on charges of espionage.

  Law enforcement officials in South Ossetia have detained a Georgian citizen accused of collecting and transmitting information about strategically important facilities.

December 22, 2025 23:16

• Friends have lost contact with activist Tamara Mearakishvili.

  Civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili told friends by phone that unknown individuals had broken into her apartment in Tskhinvali through the balcony. After this, contact with her was lost, reports a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 22, 2025 21:15

• Security forces visited Tamara Mearakishvili's home after she announced her hunger strike.

  Five security officers are stationed outside the apartment in Tskhinvali where civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili lives. Mearakishvili herself told a Caucasian Knot correspondent by telephone.

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