Georgia: Chiatura protest leaders receive long prison sentences on violence charges
The Kutaisi City Court has sentenced four protesters from the mining town of Chiatura to multiple years in jail on violence-related charges. The prosecution has accused all four of attacking the director of a local mine in April 2025. With the ruling announced on Tuesday, Judge Tamar Mazanashvili sentenced Giorgi Neparidze and Merab Saralidze to…







