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The U.S. Embassy has maintained that the legal proceedings against Nika Gvaramia undermined public confidence in Georgia's rule of law and judicial independence. Key points from their official statements include:

: The case led to public friction. Judge Lasha Chkhikvadze, who sentenced Gvaramia, was reportedly disenrolled from a U.S. Embassy-funded exchange program. The Embassy maintained that its support for the judiciary remains "non-partisan and apolitical". Case Background and Imprisonment who sentenced Gvaramia

: The Embassy described a "disturbing pattern of selective investigations and prosecutions" targeting opposition figures, stating that even the perception of such bias is detrimental to democracy. who sentenced Gvaramia

Nika Gvaramia was arrested in May 2022 and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. who sentenced Gvaramia