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Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests
Georgian police have detained a second top opposition leader within days, as protests continue in the South Caucasus country ...
Eurasianet on MSN1d
Georgian Dream is breaking down the opposition, leader by leader
The high-profile arrest phase got underway in late May, with the jailing of two prominent figures from the pro-Western ...
The Kyiv Independent on MSN8d
'He was kidnapped' — Georgian opposition leader detained as ruling party continues crackdown on dissent
Leader of the Georgian opposition party "Coalition for Change," Nika Melia, was detained on May 29, NewsGeorgia reported, ...
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Opposition Calls Nika Melia’s Detention “Abduction,” Draws Condemnation Abroad
Joe Wilson, American Congressman: “The anti-American Georgian Dream regime has just arrested key opposition leader Nika Melia ...
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Opposition Politician Nika Melia Put in Pretrial Detention
The court placed Ahali party co-chair and Coalition for Change leader Nika Melia in pretrial detention on May 30 for refusing ...
Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens
Nika Melia was detained for refusing to appear at a parliamentary inquiry into alleged crimes committed under jailed former ...
Politico Europe7d
Georgia arrests second opposition leader this month
This is the second arrest of a high-profile opposition figure in just over a week.
Georgia Today7d
Court replaces Nika Melia’s bail with detention over commission no-show
The Tbilisi City Court has ordered the detention of Nika Melia, leader of the “Coalition for Change,” for failing ...
Second Georgian opposition politician detained, his party says
Police in Georgia have detained an opposition politician, his party said on Thursday, the second such detention in a little ...
Georgia Today8d
MIA: Nika Melia detained on administrative charges
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that Nika Melia, leader of the Coalition for Change, has been detained on ...
The Straits Times7d
Second Georgian opposition leader placed in pre-trial detention as crackdown widens
TBILISI - A Georgian court on Friday placed Nika Melia, a leader of the country's main opposition party, in pre-trial detention, amid a widening crackdown against a pro-Western opposition that has ...
The Washington Post8d
Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests
Lawyers for Nika Melia, one of the figureheads for Georgia’s pro-Western Coalition for Change, said his car was stopped by police on Thursday. Soon after, he was bundled away by a large group of ...