The case against activist Tsulaia for "blocking sidewalks" has been returned for further investigation.

Giorgi Tsulaia, an activist with the United National Movement youth organization, faces up to a year in prison for protesting on the sidewalk in front of the parliament building. The court dismissed the administrative case, finding Tsulaia's actions to be criminal.

As reported by Caucasian Knot, on January 8, protest participant Giorgi Tsulaia reported that Tbilisi City Court Judge David Makaradze dismissed the administrative proceedings initiated against him for allegedly obstructing the movement of people on the sidewalk near the parliament building on December 17, 2025. He was promised a court ruling next week.

Civil activist and member of the National Movement youth organization Giorgi Tsulaie was informed on January 8 that the judge had dismissed the case of "blocking sidewalks." The ruling had been handed to the activist some time ago, Pirveli TV reported today.

According to the activist, the court dismissed the administrative case, finding elements of a criminal offense in his actions.

"For this reason, the case was dismissed and transferred to the Tbilisi Police Department for further investigation. Fight to the end!" Tsulaia wrote on his Facebook page*.

As stated in the court ruling of December 22, Tsulaia had already been found guilty of an administrative offence and sentenced to eight days of administrative arrest.

According to a law adopted by the Georgian Parliament at the initiative of the ruling Georgian Dream party in October, any offense under the same section committed by a person who has already been found guilty of an administrative offence is punishable by imprisonment for up to one year, the publication Saqartvelos reported today. ambebi.

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. They have held daily protests on Rustaveli Avenue. Security forces have violently dispersed the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. More than a thousand people have been subjected to administrative prosecution.