Georgia

December 31, 2025 11:23

• Former Georgian Prosecutor General Partskhaladze pleaded not guilty to murder.

  Otar Partskhaladze, arrested in absentia, is accused of organizing the murder of Levan Jangveladze, the brother of a crime boss.

December 31, 2025 05:41

• Researchers report non-combat casualties in Azerbaijan's security forces

  The Caspian Institute of Military Studies reported that 42 people died in non-combat situations, irreparable losses in Azerbaijan's security forces in the past year.

December 31, 2025 01:50

• A verdict has been handed down for those involved in the torture of Caucasian nationals in a Saratov prison hospital.

  The court sentenced the defendants in the case of torture of people from the North Caucasus Federal District and the South Caucasus at a tuberculosis hospital in Saratov. Former hospital director Gatsenko was sentenced to 21 years, former convict Ananyev, who worked as an orderly, received a life sentence, and the others received sentences ranging from 12 to 22 years.

December 30, 2025 23:58

• Samvel Karapetyan has been placed under house arrest.

  The pretrial detention of Tashir Group President Samvel Karapetyan has been changed to house arrest and bail. Supporters greeted him with applause in the courtyard of his building.

December 30, 2025 20:53

• LGBT* representatives reported beatings and humiliation following a security forces raid in Baku.

  In Baku, 106 people were detained during a police raid on the Labyrinth club, a gathering place for LGBT* people. According to eyewitnesses and those detained, police used violence, humiliated them, and threatened them.

December 30, 2025 18:40

• Tamara Mearakishvili was hospitalized in Tskhinvali.

  Activist Tamara Mearakishvili, arrested on espionage charges, has been hospitalized after going on a dry hunger strike.

December 30, 2025 15:50

• Azerbaijani activist Veliyev complained of pressure from security forces in the penal colony.

  Opposition activist Lachin Veliev, after participating in the creation of the "Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners," was transferred to another prison colony, where he was beaten and insulted by security forces.

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