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Georgian opposition offers to tone down protests to give negotiations a chance Policemen guarding the entrance to parliament during an opposition protest on March 2, 2021. (RFE/RL) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s opposition have decided to scale back their protest rallies, citing a wish to not give the ruling Georgian Dream party an excuse to stall the talks initiated by the President of the European Council. The decision was made at a meeting on Wednesday between opposition parties that are boycotting parliament. Along with them, several smaller political parties are participating in these an...

Political crisis deepens in Georgia following violent police raid and arrest of opposition leader Opposition supporters rallied in front of the government office in Tbilisi. (Newposts.ge) TBILISI, DFWatch–A police raid of the headquarters of Georgia’s largest opposition party and the arrest of its leader Tuesday morning has further deepened the political crisis in the country. Nika Melia, leader of the United National Movement, was dragged out of the party building by riot police following a violent raid where they also used the roof to gain access. The case against Melia dates back to a ...

Irakli Garibashvili speaking at Georgian Dream headquarters during his nomination. TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Georgia breathed a sigh of relief Thursday, as Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced his resignation and the MInistry of Internal Affairs postponed the arrest of Nika Melia, leader of the largest opposition party in the country, UNM. Opposition leaders had spent the night at the UNM headquarters  to protect Melia from an impending police raid, for violating bail conditions in a criminal case concerning a protest rally in the summer of 2019. But Thursday evening, the situ...

Nika Melia talking with supporters at an opposition rally in Tbilisi, Novermber, 2020. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party faces imprisonment after participating in a protest in 2019.  The prosecutor’s office asked parliament on Friday to strip Nika Melia of his immunity as a member of parliament. If parliament agrees – and that is a very likely scenario – then Melia will be remanded in custody next week. The case concerns the so-called Gavrilov Night protests in July 2019, when police violently dispersed an opposition rally in the capital Tbi...

Novosibirsk Opera terminates contract with wife of former leader of Georgian opposition party UNM Nino Ananiashvili. TBILISI, DFWatch–A Russian theater in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, which was supposed to be headed by the wife of a prominent Georgian opposition politician, has terminated its contract with her. Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater said the decision was provoked by the fact that former Bolshoi prima ballerina Nino Ananiashvili made a premature public announcement about the contract, which the theater’s management considered “disrespectful.” “The management of th...