Political Prisoners
Complete registry of Georgia's political prisoners — documented cases of those detained, sentenced, or persecuted for exercising democratic rights.
This list is compiled from verified public sources and is updated periodically. However, due to the rapidly evolving nature of legal proceedings in Georgia, the current status of individual cases may have changed since the last update. If you have updated information about any case listed here, please contact us through our secure channels.
David Sturua
Age: 2424 years old.
David Zhgenti
Age: 4848, sculptor by profession.
Gela Khasaia
Age: 2929-year-old Georgian activist and member of the opposition party Girchi More Freedom, part of the Coalition for Change.
Genadi Kelikhashvili
Age: 5050, from Dusheti. Exercising right to remain silent.
Genadi Kupreishvili
Age: 4444, taxi driver from Senaki. Family has 20,000 GEL bank debt from father's cancer treatment. As he was escorted out: 'Unjust court.'
Gia Toloraia
Age: 6666-year-old pensioner. Displaced person from Abkhazia. Father of Mikheil Toloraia, also detained. No criminal record.
Giorgi Kirvalidze
Age: 3838, professional boxer. Former member of Georgia's under-18 national boxing team. Was building a gym in Akhaltsikhe where he trained children free of charge.
Giorgi Muladze
Age: 4040, geophysicist. Married with minor child.
Giorgi Qorkia
Age: 5454, lives in Tbilisi. Turned himself in after learning of home search.
Giorgi Rurua
Age: 3838, lawyer. Married with 2-year-old child. Works at Domino hypermarket. Suffers from neuralgia.
Giorgi Talakhadze
Age: 4141, from Akhaltsikhe. Former police officer and 2008 war veteran. Self-employed. Ill father.
Gocha Qatashvili
Age: 5252, self-employed father of four from Sakobo, Sighnaghi. History of hepatitis C.
Guri Zhvania
Age: 5959, married with two children. Active participant in continuous protest movement since the beginning.
Guriel Kardava
Age: 3636, Deputy Chair of UNM faction in Khobi City Council. Originally from Sukhumi.
Irakli Chkhvirkia
Age: 3838, displaced from Abkhazia. Sole caregiver for disabled mother and grandmother. Taxi driver. 2008 war veteran, served in Ukraine.
Irakli Nadiradze
One of the five members of the 'October 4 Organizing Committee.'
Jandri Tirkia
Age: 5151, taxi driver. Sole breadwinner. Two children.
Kakha Mzhavanadze
Age: 5757, UNM supporter from Vani. Farmer. Former head of district election commission.
Kakhaber Kvachantiradze
Age: 5656, from Ozurgeti.
Khvicha Gogokhia
Age: 5454 years old. Exercising right to remain silent.