On October 1st, 2021, the former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, was arrested in absentia after not being in Georgia for a few years. He was transported to prison and then later to a prison hospital, but concerns over how he was treated caused protests in the streets. Mikheil Saakashvili was one of the most prominent figures in post-Soviet Georgia as he rebuilt the country … Continue reading Ex-President Saakashvili jailed after returning to Georgia