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Jailed Georgian actor charged with organised drug trafficking

by OC Media

•2 min read

Giorgi ‘Bakhala’ Giorganashvili, a Georgian actor sentenced to eight years in prison in January on drug charges, has now been charged with organised drug trafficking. The Interior Ministry claims Giorganashvili was involved in a plot to smuggle drugs from Turkey to Georgia in an ambulance; if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison, or life imprisonment. Tbilisi City Court sentenced Giorganashvili to eight years in prison on 23 January for possession of buprenorphine, an opioid used to

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Hundreds protest in Tbilisi in support of jailed actor

by OC Media

•4 min read

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets on 25 January to protest the conviction of actor Giorgi ‘Bakhala’ Giorganashvili on drugs charges. Tbilisi City Court sentenced Giorganashvili, who claimed police planted drugs on him, to eight years in prison. Demonstrators gathered outside the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi in a rally organised by up to 15 local organisations and activist groups, including drug policy advocacy group the White Noise Movement. Giorganashvili was arrested on 25

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Georgian actor sentenced to 8 years on drug charges

by OC Media

•3 min read

Tbilisi City Court sentenced actor Giorgi ‘Bakhala’ Giorganashvili to eight years in prison on 23 January on drug charges. Giorganashvili had claimed that police had planted the drugs on him. Giorganashvili was arrested on 29 January 2017 for ‘possession of 0.3726 grammes of buprenorphine’, an opioid used to treat opioid addiction, while travelling from western Georgia to Tbilisi. After hearing the court’s ruling, Beka Tsikarishvili, a drug reform icon, threw a brick at the courthouse

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Actor released on bail in Georgia faces at least 8 years in prison on drug charges

by OC Media

•2 min read

Actor Giorgi Giorganashvili who had been detained on drug charges, was released on bail on 14 July, after tens of protesters rallied in his support the previous day. Tbilisi City Court released Giorganashvili’s on ₾20,000 ($8,400) bail. He claims he was illegally kept in custody for more than five months as ‘the police planted drugs on him’. Giorganashvili, also known as Bakhala, was arrested on 29 January 2017 for ‘possessing buprenorphine’, an opioid used to treat opioid addiction, whil