Protesters in Tbilisi supported the arrested activist Giorgadze.

A Tbilisi court today sentenced several more active protesters to jail and heavily fined them, after police accused them of blocking traffic.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported on May 5, participants in the rally outside the Georgian Parliament on the 524th day of protests continued to demand the release of political prisoners and supported parents' demands for medication for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Despite the rainy weather, activists carrying national, US, and EU flags gathered outside the Georgian Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue for the 525th consecutive evening.

The protesters held signs reading: "I'm here instead of Tamuna Giorgadze," "Politics is also a woman's business," "Medicine for the children, the regime will collapse," and "Freedom!" Several dozen people participated in the protest, according to posts by photographer Mo Se and Georgian media outlets on Facebook*.

The public movement "For Freedom of Prisoners of Conscience" announced a march to take place in Batumi on the evening of May 8. The march will begin in the city's Central Park. Mothers of prisoners of conscience will also take part in the march, the Batumelebi newspaper reported today.

"In this critical period, it is especially important for the Georgian state to clearly define the civic position of each of us and unite society in support of prisoners of conscience. At the march in Batumi on May 8, let us once again express our support for the regime's prisoners and demand their release," the march organizers said in a statement.

Today, Tbilisi Court Judge Zviad Tsekvava sentenced Tamuna Giorgadze, a participant in the ongoing protests, to two days of arrest. Police charged her with two counts: blocking a sidewalk on December 17, 2025, and blocking a road during the Saturday march on February 7. The court combined both cases into one proceeding and heard them in a single hearing. Giorgadze was detained in the courthouse, Publika reports.

Also today, a hearing was held for two activists, Natia Gopodze and Nestan Mamatsashvili, on charges of blocking a road during a march on Saturday, January 31. Judge Tornike Kapanadze combined both cases, sentencing Gopodze to two days in jail. In Mamatsashvili's case, the court, taking into account that she is the mother of young children, fined her 5,000 lari (approximately $1,800).

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces carried out violent dispersals of the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Thousands of people have been subject to administrative prosecution during the protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protest Participants in Georgia".