A Tbilisi court has arrested activist Gela Hasai.

The Tbilisi City Court has ordered pretrial detention for Gela Khasay, a member of the Girchi – More Freedom party and the Coalition for Change.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, the Prosecutor's Office previously charged Gela Khasay with "intentional, less serious injury to health committed by a group of individuals." He faces up to six years in prison.

The Tbilisi City Court has ordered pretrial detention for Gela Khasay, a member of the Girchi – More Freedom party. Judge Nana Shamatava fully granted the prosecutor's motion.

The prosecutor's office focused on Hasai's previous administrative offenses. "He has been repeatedly detained administratively, including for resisting police," Interpressnews quotes the prosecutor as saying.

The defense petitioned for bail as a preventive measure, but the court did not take this request into account.

At the court hearing, Gela Hasaya stated that he was subjected to cruel treatment during his arrest. He said he was forced to completely undress twice at the police station. The activist noted that among those who detained him was a police officer he knew, whom he often saw at protests.

After the verdict was announced, an incident occurred in the courtroom between those present and the bailiffs, according to the publication "Georgia-Online". This initially sparked a verbal altercation, and then a standoff that continued in the courthouse courtyard, according to a video published by the Vol 2.0 Telegram channel.

It should be noted that the Girchi Party is one of 14 parties registered to participate in the municipal elections to be held in Georgia this coming Saturday. These elections will determine the political balance in Georgia for the coming years, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Municipal Elections in Georgia on October 4, 2025".

Since November 28, 2024, Georgian opposition members and activists have been holding daily protests outside the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi and blocking traffic on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding the release of all arrested demonstrators and the holding of new parliamentary elections.

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials on preparations for municipal elections and protests by opposition supporters on the thematic page "Georgia: Elections Amid Protests".