Human Rights Violations - Apr-July 2025
For the past seven months, Georgia has witnessed continuous and sustained pro-European
protests, which began on November 28, 2024, following the announcement by the ruling party,
Georgian Dream, of its intention to abandon the country’s European integration path.
The Georgian Dream regime has employed a wide range of repressive measures against protest
participants, including torture of detainees, degrading and humiliating treatment, violent assaults,
unlawful imprisonment, dismissals from employment, asset seizures, and severe financial
sanctions.
Despite the scale and severity of repression, citizens continue to gather daily in Tbilisi and across
other cities, demanding the restoration of Georgia’s European course, the conduct of new and
fair elections, and the release of political prisoners.
According to the 2024 Parliamentary Report of the Public Defender of Georgia, during the period
from November 28, 2024, to March 1, 2025, 60% of detainees reported being subjected to ill-
treatment. Between November 29 and December 2, 2024, 79.5% of the detainees visited by the
Public Defender’s Office alleged ill-treatment. During the visits conducted on February 2–3, 2025,
22 out of 25 detainees - 88% - reported similar abuse.