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2008 August War

Backlash against Georgian wrestlers follows month of ‘Russia controversies’

by OC Media

•6 min read

Georgia’s national wrestling team made headlines on Friday after a photo was published online of the team wearing T-shirts of a North Ossetian MP to the background of the Russian flag. The backlash follows a series of controversies around the 10th anniversary of the August War, including in restaurant chain Machakhela, nightclub Bassiani, and with Radio Free Europe’s Georgian service. The photo was first published by Georgian news website On.ge on Thursday. It showed several wrestlers and t

Protest on 12 May (Dato Parulava /OC Media)

2019 Georgia Club Raids

Public Defender: alleged drug dealers arrested before Tbilisi nightclub raids

by OC Media

•4 min read

Thousands of people rallied on 12 May against the nightclub raids and police violence, demanding the PM and Interior Minister’s resignations. The rally in front of Tbilisi’s parliament building followed a police raid on popular nightclubs Bassiani and Café Gallery. According to Public Defender Nino Lomjaria, the eight arrested drug dealers were apprehended before the raids, not in the course of them as previously assumed. [Read more about the raids on OC Media: Eight arrested in ‘anti-dru

Police arresting peopel during clashes in front of Bassiani club (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

2019 Georgia Club Raids

Eight arrested in ‘anti-drug’ raids on Tbilisi nightclubs

by OC Media

•3 min read

Masked police raided two popular Tbilisi nightclubs, Bassiani and Café Gallery under the pretence of detaining drug traffickers on the night of 11 May. Police forcibly removed club-goers from the venues and clashes ensued. According to the Interior Ministry’s statement, eight suspected drug traffickers aged 21–30 were arrested following three-month-long ‘intensive investigative activities’ in several Tbilisi nightclubs. More people were detained in the aftermath of the raids, including dr

Bassiani

Georgian courts under fire after Bassiani triple stabbing suspect released on bail

by OC Media

•2 min read

Georgia’s judiciary has come under fire from NGOs and officials after a 27-year-old man charged with stabbing three people, including a police officer, was released on bail. The incident happened on 13 January in Tbilisi outside the Bassiani nightclub. Tamaz Kvlividze stabbed two security guards and a police officer with a knife, the Interior Ministry said in a statement, reportedly after being denied entry to Bassiani. Kvlividze was initially released on ₾30,000 ($12,000) bail, sparking