Tbilisi, May 22, 2025 (AFP) - Georgia opposition leader jailed as government targets critics

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A Georgian court on Thursday ordered the pre-trial detention of a prominent opposition leader, amid a hardening government crackdown on dissent in the Black Sea nation. Opposition parties are boycotting the current parliament, accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging last October's election. They say the government is copying the Kremlin's authoritarian practices and steering Tbilisi away from its EU aspirations. Zurab Japaridze, lead......

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