Lithuanian Foreign Ministry deeply concerned of "unfounded detentions" in Georgia
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry deeply concerned of "unfounded detentions" in Georgia

Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is deeply concerned by the detention of Zurab Japaridze, leader of the opposition Girchi More Freedom party and expresses solidarity with him.

“We are deeply concerned by the detention of Zurab Japaridze, leader of the opposition Girchi More Freedom party. Democratic decline, along with repressive actions against civic society, including unfounded detentions, is the way to nowhere. Our solidarity with Zurab Japaridze!” the Ministry said in its post on the X Platform.

On May 22, Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, had his bail conditions replaced with imprisonment as a preventive measure. Japaridze was detained directly in the courtroom during the hearing.