21:57, 25 April 2026

Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.

A march demanding a change in Georgia's political course and the release of protesters took place in Tbilisi on the 514th day of daily protests.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the 513th day of daily protests, participants in the rally outside the Georgian Parliament marched to the government chancery building, where a protest by parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been underway for five days.

Tbilisi is celebrating its 514th day of continuous pro-European protests. Participants on Saturday's march walked through the city center to the government chancery building. Their demands remain unchanged: the country's return to the path of European integration and the release of arrested protesters, JamNews reports.

Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia's fifth president, participated in the march. She spoke about the conviction of several protesters, some to long prison terms, and stated that "the regime is intensifying repression because it is very close to collapse," the statement said.

The marchers came to the government chancery building to support the parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who are holding protests demanding that the authorities provide treatment for their children.

It was also reported that Lazar Grigoriadis, a participant in the protests against the foreign agent law who had previously been pardoned by Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, had been detained.

On April 12, 2024, a court in Tbilisi sentenced Lazar Grigoriadis to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of attacking security forces and setting a police car on fire during protests. Grigoriadis was arrested in March 2023. Following protests against the foreign agent law, on April 24, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili signed a decree pardoning Lazar Grigoriadis, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for attacking security forces and setting fire to a police car during protests. The activist's family members reported that police attributed his detention to a fight with bar staff. Relatives note that Grigoriadis had been abroad for a long time and decided to leave home for the first time since returning to Georgia, according to Novosti Georgia. The case was opened under Article 151 of the Criminal Code—threats to murder, causing bodily harm, or destruction of property. The penalty for this article includes a fine and house arrest for a term of six months to two years. or imprisonment for up to one year, the report says.

The prosecutor's office charged him with threatening to kill and causing bodily harm.
According to the department, on April 24, Lazarus Grigoriadis, while protesting his eviction from the premises of the Meteor nightclub in Tbilisi, brandished a knife and threatened to kill a bar employee and cause bodily harm.
He has been charged under Article 151, Part 1 (Threat to kill and cause bodily harm if the person being threatened has reasonable grounds for fearing that the threat will be carried out) of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which provides for a punishment of up to one year in prison, Publika writes today.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422742