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Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia jailed in Georgia amid deepening crackdown

Georgian opposition politician and lawyer Nika Gvaramia attends a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 22, 2025 [File: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters]

A court in Georgia has sentenced prominent opposition figure Nika Gvaramia to eight months in prison, amid a deepening crackdown on critics of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

Gvaramia, the co-leader of the opposition Akhali party, was also barred from holding office for two years.

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