MIA detains activist Lazare Grigoriadis for threatening bar staff with death

19:58, 24.04.2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) detained March protests activist Lazare Grigoriadis on charges of making death threats.

The MIA confirmed to the GPB’s First Channel that Grigoriadis was detained under Article 151 of the Criminal Code, which includes threats.

According to the MIA, Grigoriadis threatened the bar staff with death.

Lazare Grigoriadis was arrested on March 29, 2024, following the March 7-9, 2023, mass protests in Tbilisi against the Foreign Influence Transparency bill.

Lazare was charged with throwing a Molotov Cocktail at law enforcers and burning a patrol police car and was sentenced to nine years in prison on April 12.

On April 24, 2024, Lazare Grigoriadis left the prison after ex-President Salome Zourabichvili pardoned him.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Justice/Crime

Лазаре Григориадис