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Mikheil Kalandia in court. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze/RFE/RL

Georgia

Killer of Davit Saralidze sentenced to 15 years for murder

by OC Media

•2 min read

Tbilisi City Court has sentenced Mikheil Kalandia to 15 years in prison for the premeditated murder of teenage boy Davit Saralidze in late 2017. The court sentenced the 20-year-old for the group murder of Saralidze on 25 February. The murder of two 16-years-old boys, Davit Saralidze and Levan Dadunashvili, during a school brawl on Tbilisi’s Khorava Street in December 2017 sent shockwaves across Georgia. The authorities’ failure to identify the killers in the case led to massive protests i

Afgan Mukhtarli

Controversial Georgian ex-Chief Prosecutor reconfirmed to his post

by OC Media

•6 min read

In spite of opposition protests and a boycott by the opposition, the Georgian Dream majority in parliament has confirmed Irakli Shotadze, the former Chief Prosecutor of Georgia, as Chief Prosecutor once again. Shotadze served in the position from November 2015 until the spring of 2018, when he was forced to resign amidst large street rallies in Tbilisi over his and other officials’ handling of the Khorava Street killings. As Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia entered the Parliament ami

Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia

Khorava Street Murders Chief Prosecutor re-nominated 19 months after resigning

by OC Media

•6 min read

Former Chief Prosecutor of Georgia Irakli Shotadze has been nominated to regain the post, just 19 months after stepping down. Shotadze served in the position from November 2015 until the spring of 2018, when he was forced to resign amidst large protests in Tbilisi over his and other officials’ handling of the Khorava Street killings. Shotadze was formally nominated to the Prosecutorial Council a day before the 17 January deadline by the Archil Prangishvili, rector of the Georgian Technica

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Protest leader and father of slain Georgian teen arrested for assaulting police

by OC Media

•6 min read

Police in Georgia have arrested the father of 16-year-old David Saralidze, who was murdered outside a school in Tbilisi in December. Zaza Saralidze, who has been protesting continuously for months, tried to prevent police from dismantling a tent outside parliament. On Friday, police attempted to prevent Saralidze from covering mattresses from the rain in front of Tbilisi’s Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue. He has been camped outside the building almost continuously for the past fiv

Georgia

Khorava Street murder commission accuses officials of cover-up

by OC Media

•5 min read

A parliamentary commission into last December’s fatal school stabbings has concluded that the investigation was compromised in order to protect a high-ranking official and his relatives. Ruling party members of the committee disputed the findings of the opposition-led commission, which held the Interior Minister and Justice Minister ‘politically responsible’, arguing it had been politicised. In their 67-page conclusion, the commission, headed by the European Georgia Party’s Sergi Kapanadze,

Constitutional Reform

NGOs demand new chief prosecutor be selected without Georgian Justice Minister

by OC Media

•4 min read

A group of prominent Georgian non-governmental organisations have continued to boycott the selection of a new chief prosecutor, demanding the process be postponed until a candidate can be selected under new rules that ensure the appointment of a ‘politically neutral professional’. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary, an association of several prominent NGOs, made another statement on Tuesday calling on the government to remove Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani from the Pr

Children's Rights

MPs grill investigators over Khorava Street murders

by OC Media

•5 min read

Investigators from the Khorava Street murder case faced questioning from MPs on Monday, into alleged failures by the investigation. A parliamentary commission was set up in the wake of large street protests in Tbilisi, which followed the partial acquittal of the suspects in the case and allegations the investigation was mishandled. Zviad Pkhakadze, the prosecutor on the case, and chief detective Kakha Siradze faced questions over alleged mistakes made in the course of the investigation. Thi