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Georgia: Politics and Government

Commons · Question 63229 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

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Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent imprisonment of Georgian opposition leaders (a) Mamuka Khazaradze, (b) Badri Japaridz

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 1 Jul 2025

I am seriously concerned by the recent sentences imposed on several prominent Georgian opposition figures including Mr Japaridze, Mr Khazaradze and Mr Vashadze. These were blatantly politically-motivated, and aimed at blocking political opposition from fu...