On October 2, 2019, Tamar Mearakishvili’s trial was held. The lawyer is defending Tamar Mearakishvili’s rights with the support of Human Rights House Tbilisi and the financial support of donors – Human Rights House Foundation and Urgent Action Fund. The court hearing on the re-launched criminal case of a journalist and activist from Akhalgori…

Lawyer to defend rights of Akhalgori activist and journalist, Tamar Mearakishvili. Tamar Merakishvili was kidnapped for several hours in August 2017 and de-facto authorities of the occupied Tskhinvali launched a case against her. Akhalgori District Court dropped all charges against Mearakishvili, but the so-called prosecution remitted the c…