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.
Simon Makharadze
Age: 2222, orphan from Shemoqmedi village, Ozurgeti. Lives in poverty, works in rural areas.
Sulkhan Abralava
Age: 4848, originally from Sukhumi. Married with 6-year-old child. Self-employed handyman. Had kidney surgery 3 years ago for malignant tumor.
Sulkhan Tugushi
Age: 4141, self-employed, Tbilisi.
Tamar Lortkipanidze
Age: 4848-year-old longtime participant in pro-European, anti-government protests.
Temur Kurtsikidze
Age: 2525, from Tbilisi.
Tornike Mchedlishvili
Age: 2727, bartender from Tbilisi, originally from Kakheti.
Tornike Toshkhua
Age: 3737-year-old former public servant (Revenue Service).
Vakhtang Phitskhelauri
Age: 3333, activist from Gori. Cellphone repair technician.
Vladimer Gvelesiani
Age: 4343, from Batumi, lives in Tbilisi. Construction worker. Sole caregiver for elderly mother.
Yuri Lomidze
Age: 3131, former soldier and police officer. Served in Afghanistan 2013-2020. Married with two young children. Sole breadwinner.
Zakro Albutashvili
Age: 6666, security guard at 37 Rustaveli Avenue. Has only one kidney (other removed in 2015 due to cancer).
Zurab Chavchanidze
Age: 5959, known as 'flag bearer from Batumi.' Displaced from Abkhazia, self-taught artist. Sole caretaker of ill wife. Survives on 45 GEL/month welfare allowance.
Zurab Menteshashvili
Age: 6161-year-old long-time protest participant. First Georgian protester criminally charged under new road-blocking laws.
Giorgi Vashadze
Leader of the political party Strategy Aghmashenebeli.
Givi Targamadze
Former senior official under UNM government. MP from 2004 to 2016. Car bombed in 2016. Sentenced in absentia by Russian court in 2013.
Zurab Japaridze
Leader of the political party Girchi – More Freedom.
Omar Okribelashvili
Age: 2424-year-old. Total damage was 400 GEL (reimbursed by NGO).
Saba Mepharishvili
Age: 2323-year-old from socially vulnerable family. Worked in construction to support parents.
Giorgi Akhobadze
Age: 4444-year-old Georgian doctor and civic activist. Spent nearly 9 months in pretrial detention before acquittal.
Nikoloz Katsia
Age: 4242-year-old protester. Spent nearly 9 months in prison before acquittal.