Khorava Street Murders

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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

Georgia

New arrest in Khorava street murder a day after court rules killing remained unsolved

by OC Media

•3 min read

Police have arrested a key witness in the Khorava Street murders on charges of the group murder of Davit Saralidze. His arrest on Tuesday came just a day after the Tbilisi Court of Appeals ruled that one of Saralidze’s killers had not been identified or charged by prosecutors. On 3 June, the court of appeals ruled that one person initially convicted for ‘attempted murder’ of Saralidze was guilty of his murder, but that that the Khorava Street killings remained partially unsolved. In a sta

Georgia

Court rules accomplice in Saralidze murder still unidentified

by OC Media

•3 min read

The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has ruled that one of the killers of 16-year-old Davit Saralidze has not been identified by investigators. In their ruling on 3 June, the court ruled that one person initially convicted for ‘attempted murder’ of Saralidze was guilty of murder, but that that the Khorava Street killings remained partially unsolved. In December 2017, two 16-years-old boys, Davit Saralidze and Levan Dadunashvili, died from multiple stab wounds sustained during a school brawl that br

Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

fathers for truth

Court rules in favour of Georgian security service over teen’s death in Pankisi

by OC Media

•3 min read

Tbilisi City Court has ruled that the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) did not violate the presumption of innocence of 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was fatally shot in late 2017 during an anti-terror sweep in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley. Machalikashvili’s family, represented by local rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC), argued that public statements made by the SSG in December 2017 and January 2018 portrayed Machalikashvili as having been confi

Georgia

Protesters defy Tbilisi mayor over Christmas tree

by OC Media

•5 min read

Protesters in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, have defied demands by Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze to clear the area in front of the parliament building to make room for a Christmas tree. Six major NGO’s including the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, ISFED, and Transparency International — Georgia, succeeded in setting up tents outside parliament after Kaladze told Fathers for Truth protesters Zaza Saralidze and Malkhaz Machalikashvili they should ‘find somewhere else to protest’. The t