The following press release was distributed to media today. Washington DC, July 14, 2025 — Georgian political prisoner George Bachiashvili has been brutally assaulted in prison. Although detained in solitary confinement and under video surveillance, on the evening of July 11, 2025, prison authortiies allowed a heavyset man into Bachiashvili’s cell. The man immediately violently … Read more
The following press release was issued on May 26, 2025 by Amsterdam & Partners LLP: Washington, D.C., May 26, 2025 — George Bachiashvili faces an immediate risk of torture after his forcible return to Georgia on May 26, 2025. Mr. Bachiashvili’s international legal team will pursue all available legal avenues to hold Georgia accountable for … Read more
The Guardian newspaper ran a profile interview article about the political persecution of George Bachiashvili, who is facing falsified charges and a rigged show trial at the behest of Georgia’s former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. Below is an excerpt. Bachiashvili was put on criminal trial in January this year on charges of misappropriating Ivanishvili’s funds … Read more
WASHINGTON DC, April 23, 2025 – Robert Amsterdam, international lawyer representing George Bachiashvili, has been made aware of credible threats to the life of his client, based on information from two foreign intelligence agencies. Given the perilous situation facing their client, Mr. Amsterdam’s legal team has no option but to issue this statement, and to … Read more
The following press release was distributed to global media today: WASHINGTON DC, March 10, 2025 – Lawyers representing Georgian entrepreneur George Bachiashvili have denounced today’s ruling by the Tbilisi City Court, which sentenced Bachiashvili in absentia to 11 years in prison. “We react with horror but not surprise to this decision,” said international lawyer Robert … Read more
The following news was reported in OC Media: Giorgi Bachiashvili, former aide to Georgian Dream’s founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, has announced that he has fled Georgia and threatened to produce an ‘exposé’ about the billionaire. Bachiashvili, who was already facing two criminal cases at the time of departure, said he decided to leave the country due … Read more
George Bachiashvili spoke with TV Pireli about his difficult decision to leave Georgia. A translation of his comments was published by Interpress News. Previously, Bachiashvili said that the system is shaky and that the people in it are no longer motivated to do their job well. “The system is actually shaky, it is not working. … Read more
Transparency International Georgia has published an in-depth independent investigation of the Georgian government’s handling of the case against George Bachiashvili, finding numerous violations of due process, lacking evidence, and personal and political motivations driving prosecutors to act outside the bounds of the law upon the instructions of one individual, Bidzina Ivanishvili. In the interest of … Read more
WASHINGTON DC, February 17, 2025 – International law firm Amsterdam & Partners LLP welcomes the report published today by Transparency International Georgia, which condemns the Tbilisi show trial underway against the firm’s client, George Bachiashvili, orchestrated by Bidzina Ivanishvili, “the de facto ruler of Georgia.” According to Transparency, the case against Bachiashvili is so weak … Read more
Today Georgian media reported on the first day of hearings in the trial phase against George Bachiashvili. Excerpt below: Prior to the hearing, Bachiashvili said to the journalists that “today begins Ivanishvili’s personal process. This is the process where Ivanishvili personally is the complainant, the prosecutor, and the judge.” During his speech in court, Bachiashvili said that … Read more
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