Tamta Kimbarishvili has been appointed head of the Hate Speech Monitoring Department within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ministry said.
Kimbarishvili previously represented the Interior Ministry in court in several administrative cases related to protests. On June 24, 2025, a court fined a citizen GEL 2,500 over a comment made about her.
On June 4, 2025, then-Interior Minister Geka Geladze awarded certificates of appreciation to ministry lawyers, including Kimbarishvili, for “conscientious performance of official duties and high professionalism.”
Speaking about the new department’s functions, Kimbarishvili said it will monitor and proactively identify content on social media and in the media that is deemed offensive, degrading to human dignity or containing hate speech that may constitute an administrative offence.
She said the unit will identify alleged offenders, prepare administrative case materials, draw up offence protocols, and forward them to courts in line with existing procedures.
Kimbarishvili added that the department will initially employ 10 staff members, working under existing legal regulations in Georgia.
On May 18, it was announced that the Ministry of Internal Affairs planned to establish a department to monitor “hate speech, offensive campaigns and aggressive communication” in public spaces and take legal action where necessary.
Critics of the ruling Georgian Dream party say the creation of such a unit could be used to restrict freedom of speech under the pretext of combating “hate speech.”
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