Topic summary
2024–2026 Georgian protests
- Salomé Zourabichvili
- Giorgi Margvelashvili (Strong Georgia; 4th president)
- Nika Gvaramia (Ahali)
- Nika Melia (Ahali)
- Levan Khabeishvili (UNM)
- Paata Burchuladze (Independent)
- Zurab Japaridze (Girchi-MF)
- Elene Khoshtaria (Droa)
- Tinatin Bokuchava (UNM)
- Giorgi Vashadze (Strategy)
- Mamuka Khazaradze (Lelo)
- Badri Japaridze (Lelo)
- Aleko Elisashvili (Citizens)
- Levan Tsutskiridze (Freedom Square)
- Anna Dolidze (For the People)
- Giorgi Gakharia (For Georgia)
- Giga Bokeria (Federalists)
70+ journalists (28November – 10December)
218 protestors (December2024 – November2025)
The 2024–2026 Georgian protests (Georgian: საქართველოს საპროტესტო აქციები, romanized: sakartvelos sap’rot’est’o aktsiebi) began on 28 October 2024 after the preliminary official results of the parliamentary election of 26 October were announced. The ruling Georgian Dream party, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, declared victory according to those results. The demonstrators claimed that the elections were fraudulent, and demanded a recount and a new election.
A string of protests and legal challenges against the election outcome took place in the following months and escalated on 28November when the ruling party announced that, it would "suspend" the European Union accession process until the end of 2028. This decision occurred against the background of Georgians' high levels of trust in the EU.
Police and ruling party-affiliated violent groups engaged in widespread violence and torture against protesters and journalists. Evidence circulated on social media indicating violence by the Titushky. The Public Defender of Georgia found that the type and severity of injuries intentionally inflicted on protesters "constitutes an act of torture". An investigation by BBC also revealed that the ruling party had used a chemical weapon camite against protestors, which the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture described as "absolutely in violation of human rights law."
On 13 February 2025, the European Parliament passed a resolution stating that it does not recognize the results of both the parliamentary and presidential elections as legitimate. High-ranking officials of the Georgian Dream ruling party were sanctioned by the United States, United Kingdom, and a number of individual EU member states. On 4 October 2025, some parts of the opposition attempted to storm the Presidential Palace, but were stopped by the security forces.