Jailed activist Isako Devidze, who participated in Georgia’s pro-European and anti-government protests, has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and been sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty of “contempt of court” and repeated “disobeying a lawful police order.”
Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Nachkebia approved the agreement on July 13. Devidze has been in pretrial detention since January 17 and is expected to serve about six more months.
Devidze, who had been repeatedly detained during protests, was last arrested on December 20, 2025, on charges of insulting a police officer and received 30 days of administrative detention.
Prosecutors later launched a criminal case over an incident during a December 22 court hearing, in which, he reportedly approached the judge’s bench after making a statement critical of the authorities and the judiciary and struck the judge’s computer, causing the monitor to fall onto the desk. He was removed from the courtroom by bailiffs and police, and the hearing continued in another courtroom.
He was later charged with “contempt of court” manifested in “insulting” a judge, an offense punishable by up to two years in prison. According to media reports, he also faced charged of “disobeying a lawful police order” for the third time. The act is normally treated as an administrative violation but became a criminal offense when committed for the third time following amendments adopted in October 2025.
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