October 4 Unrest Defendant Kirvalidze Detained on New Contempt of Court Charges

Civil.ge16 October 2026, 14:10 UTCGeorgia

Giorgi Kirvalidze, an athlete charged in the October 4, 2025 election-day unrest case, was detained on new criminal charges of contempt of court on October 16, as he was leaving a detention facility after serving a seven-day administrative sentence for swearing at Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. He faces up to two years in prison …

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