Archimandrite Dorothe Kurashvili: Even if you silence this youth, the stones will start screaming about your injustice
12/06/2025 18:59:00 Society
Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Galustashvili sentenced Mate Devidze, 21, to four years and six months in prison.
"Even if you silence this youth, the stones will start screaming about your injustice," Archimandrite Dorothe Kurashvili said.
Devidze, who spent seven months in pre-trial detention, was convicted under Article 3531 of the Georgian Criminal Code, which relates to assaulting a police officer in the line of duty.
The activist was among the demonstrators arrested in the morning hours of November 19, during a police dispersal of an all-night opposition rally on Tbilisi’s Melikishvili Avenue demanding new elections amid fraud concerns following the disputed October 26, 2024, vote.
