Crossing the Line: Georgia's Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television: November 7, 2007

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The Tbilisi City Court sentenced 21-year-old Mate Davidze to four and a half years in prison on charges of assaulting police officers. This is reported by “Ekho Kavkaza”. Davidze was detained at a protest in November 2024. He was among the students who set up tents outside Tbilisi State University and demanded repeated parliamentary elections. According to investigators, Davidze hit three police officers with a stick on Melikishvili Avenue in Tb…

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A court in Georgia has sentenced 21-year-old Mate Devidze to 4.5 years in prison for violence during protests. The opposition and human rights groups accuse authorities of unfair trials.

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People came to the streets because of a 21-year-old protestor's sentence.

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Protesters are still at the intersection of Chavchavadze and Melikishvili Avenues. This is approximately the area where Mate Devidze was arrested on November 19, 2021. Traffic is restricted in the area. Some of the protesters plan to stay there all night. “In search of light in endless darkness” – these words spoken by Mate Devidze at the trial have become a kind of message for today’s protest. Citizens gathered at the site are expressing solida…

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A Tbilisi court on Thursday found 21-year-old activist Mate Devidze guilty of assaulting police officers and sentenced him to 4.5 years in prison. This was reported by AFP. Devidze was detained in November 2024 during a rally, the participants of which demanded new parliamentary elections. The demonstration took place even before Prime Minister Irakli Kobachidze announced the suspension of negotiations on Georgia's accession to the EU. The prose…