1/ Two days after Publika published an article identifying employees of the so-called "scroll-and-screenshot" unit, on 1 August, Interior Minister Sulkhan Tamazashvili and his deputy Aleksandre Darakhvelidze met with staff from the Hate Speech Unit.
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"For a Safe and Strong Georgia!" — The weekly Saturday protest march took place in Tbilisi on August 1. #GeorgiaProtests Day 612 Video: Levan Zazadze
Who works at Georgia's MIA Hate Speech Countering Department, aka the "scrolling-and-screenshotting department"? Its officers monitor FB posts and comments, and their reports are now being used to fine people or send them into detention. Watch the video 👇
On July 30, the Government of the Republic of Nauru announced that it had withdrawn its recognition of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia as independent states.
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Nauru has revoked diplomatic relations with the Russian-backed occupation regimes in Tskhinvali and Abkhazia.
1/ One of the leaders of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, is set to become State Minister for Regional Policy. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced at a briefing that the new office is currently being established.
1/ Nauru has revoked diplomatic relations with the Russian-backed occupation regimes in Tskhinvali and Abkhazia.
Around 10 people were arrested in Tbilisi today for holding banners. #GeorgiaProtests #TerrorinGeorgia
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · last wk.Tornike Toshkhua, a protester who was imprisoned for a year despite committing no crime, was arrested again today. He was holding a banner that read: "Is Bidzina a d*ck?" #GeorgiaProtests Day 606 #TerrorinGeorgia
Tornike Toshkhua, a protester who was imprisoned for a year despite committing no crime, was arrested again today. He was holding a banner that read: "Is Bidzina a d*ck?" #GeorgiaProtests Day 606 #TerrorinGeorgia
1/ The European Union has imposed sanctions on the Russian state-owned energy company Inter RAO, which is the indirect owner of Telasi, Tbilisi's electricity distribution company, as well as Khrami HPP I and Khrami HPP II in Georgia.
1/ Doctor Giorgi Akhobadze has been sentenced to 25 days in jail following a complaint by the so-called "Scrolling-Screening Agency" over his Facebook posts criticizing the Georgian Dream.
The attacker of Onise Okriashvili, Niko Khurtsilava, has been arrested. Khurtsilava has received support from GD’s propaganda outlets, as well as from Dimitri Samkharadze, a member of the party’s Political Council and a member of parliament.
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · 2w ago🚨🚨 Comedian and activist Onise Okriashvili was attacked by a group of people near his home. The attack was followed by a smear campaign against him by Georgian Dream's propaganda because they didn't like his joke. #TerrorinGeorgia
1/ The EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia includes Kulevi, Georgia. The EU says a transaction ban on the oil refinery in Kulevi, which processes and trades Russian oil, will enter into force in six months.
🚨🚨 Comedian and activist Onise Okriashvili was attacked by a group of people near his home. The attack was followed by a smear campaign against him by Georgian Dream's propaganda because they didn't like his joke. #TerrorinGeorgia
Judge Tamar Makharoblidze has postponed the hearings in the politicians’ cases until autumn, according to Giorgi Vashadze’s lawyer, Omar Purtseladze. No new date has been set, and the judge reportedly gave no explanation for why the July and August hearings were cancelled.
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · 3w ago1/ Eight opposition politicians are on trial in Georgia in the so-called “sabotage case”, an investigation launched by prosecutors on 8 February 2025 following a complaint by the government-affiliated group United Neutral Georgia.
Journalist Vakho Sanaia was arrested over a Facebook post in which he wrote that people should not call specific politicians "d*cks."
1/ 🚨 Georgian TV Formula journalist Vakho Sanaia has been sentenced to 14 days in prison over Facebook posts criticizing senior ruling party politicians. This comes after he was already fined 6,000 GEL (around €2,000) over the similar posts.
1/ A Georgian man was arrested on July 19 on charges of intentionally causing minor bodily harm after he struck a Russian woman at a hotel in Telavi, Georgia's Interior Ministry said
🚨 On 7 June 2025, 38-year-old Alan Qaqitashvili walked into a police station on his own. He was later taken from the building to a hospital and died two days later. #Policebrutality #TerrorinGeorgia
"Glory to Georgia, Glory to Ukraine"9 — Georgia Continues to Protest. #GeorgiaProtests Day 598
Irakli Kobakhidze said that GD "considers Turkmenistan to be a reliable partner and a friendly state." Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has been in Georgia for a second day. Meanwhile, GD attacks the EU leadership and the leaders of European countries on a daily basis.
Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedow is on an official visit to Tbilisi. An official welcoming ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in his honor.
1/ Eight opposition politicians are on trial in Georgia in the so-called “sabotage case”, an investigation launched by prosecutors on 8 February 2025 following a complaint by the government-affiliated group United Neutral Georgia.
1/ Tbilisi City Court has fully upheld a lawsuit filed by GD Supporter filmmaker Goga Khaindrava against TV channel Formula.
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas on Georgia: "We don't really have connections with the government, and we don't want to support the government - we want to support the people of Georgia". Kallas was responding to a question from Euroscope.
Today's protest march in Tbilisi is dedicated to Georgian fighters who lost their lives fighting against Russia in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇪 #GeorgiaProtests Day 591
1/ According to Georgia's state-run Imedi TV, the person detained by the State Security Service in the so-called "October 4" case is Beka Chulukhadze, a Georgian volunteer fighter serving in Ukraine.
Opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili was sentenced to 13 years in prison by Judge Giorgi Gelashvili.
Publika.ge@publikage.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Prosecutor’s Office released a video claiming that the person shown is Alexander Elisashvili attempting to set the court chancellery on fire. He is now charged under an article related to committing a terrorist act and faces 10 to 15 years in prison.
1/ On July 3, Georgian citizen Gela Mebonia was detained in occupied Abkhazia, according to the so-called government news agency of the Abkhaz occupation regime.
1/ According to ISFED, more than 1,500 fake Facebook accounts, trolls, and bots using Georgian names were deployed to artificially boost reactions to a post published by the pro-government TV channel Imedi.
