Lawyer of former minister of justice Zurab Adeishvili will appeal the court ruling today - former minister was remanded in custody in absentia by the court two days ago. The defense will also appeal the ruling on suspending the former` minister`s diplomatic and citizenship passports. Amid these proceedings, it was reported that the former minister was granted political asylum in Belgium, but no official sources have confirmed this report yet. Reportedly, Adeishvili was also given guarantees that Adeishvili has also received guarantees that he will not be extradited to Georgian even if any accusation brought against him is proved.
President is now meeting with the students of the Tbilisi State University, however, amid protest. Several dozens of protestors, including students and the persons released from prisons with the status of political prisoners, greeted the president`s convoy with whistles and shouting.
Legal punishment for the persons using marijuana may be weakened or annulled according to the draft amendments to the Criminal Code of Georgia, which has been already initiated at the parliament.
Leader of the Kartuli Dasi movement and several other non-parliamentary opposition parties do not rule out to form an alliance prior to the presidential elections. Jondi Baghaturia says consultations are already underway with some parties, including Free Georgia, the leader of which also confirmed an intention to select a joint candidate for the president.
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Ex-security minister of the Shevardnadze government, Valeri Khaburdzania, who recently arrived in Georgia from Moscow on Easter holidays, says he is going to join active political life, but not prior to the presidential elections, but before the elections of the self-governments. Khaburdzania has not selected a name for his political ...
Police have arrested Aleksandre Sh. (DoB 1989) for drug crime.Officers seized 3,864 gr of Buprenorphine and 0,1166 gr of cocaine drugs as a result of personal search.
A ten year-old boy was raped by a grown-up man in Kakheti Region. The crime was committed in a village of the Gurjaani district of the region. Regional prosecutor says the defendant was earlier convicted, but was dismissed from prison under the amnesty a few months ago.
Georgian Young Lawyers` Association NGO plans to address the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia officially against today. The NGO asks for conducting an independent expertise of the corpses of seven Chechens, who were killed in the Lapankuri anti-terror operation conducted in the Pankisi Gorge last summer.
