The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has issued a statement regarding the searches conducted at the homes of several fund managers.
As stated in the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office, based on the ruling issued by the Tbilisi City Court, “the residential and personal searches of the heads of the so-called “funds” – Nana Zhorzholiani, Aleksandre Tskitishvili, Lasha Arveladze, Guga Khelaia and Mariam Bajelidze – are underway.”
The statement says the case concerns the investigation ongoing into the facts of sabotage, attempted sabotage under aggravating circumstances, assisting a foreign organization and an organization under foreign control in hostile activities, and mobilizing funds for activities directed against the constitutional order and foundations of national security of Georgia.
“The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has opened an investigation into the facts of sabotage, attempted sabotage under aggravating circumstances, assisting a foreign organization and an organization under foreign control in hostile activities, and violating the constitutional order of Georgia as part of the investigation ongoing into the facts of mobilizing funds for the activities directed against the public order and national security. As is known to the public, on March 17, 2025, the bank accounts of the Nanuka Foundation, Prosperity, the Foundation for Each Other 24/7, Shame, and the Tbilisi Human Rights House were frozen. They participated in the financial assistance to persons accused of serious crimes against public order and their family members, as well as in the payment of administrative fines imposed on violators.
In order to obtain information and documentation of evidentiary value for the investigation, the Tbilisi City Court issued rulings on the searches of the residences and personal belongings of the heads of the so-called “funds” – Nana Zhorzholiani, Aleksandre Tskitishvili, Lasha Arveladze, Guga Khelaia and Mariam Bajelidze, at their actual and registered addresses, on the basis of which the investigative units of the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia and the State Security Service are jointly conducting relevant investigative actions,” the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
The police are currently searching the residence of Aleko Tskitishvili, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Centre. Searches were also carried out at the homes of journalist and Nanuka Fund founder Nanuka Zhorzholiani, as well as Mariam Bajelidze, one of the founders of the Sirtskhvilia (Shame) movement.
