Accounts of foundations that helped protesters arrested in Georgia

The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia reported that it froze the accounts of the foundations that helped the protesters - the decision was made on the basis of a court ruling in the case of mobilization of finances for illegal activities.

The foundations involved in the case are:

➖ა(ა)იპ “ნანუკას ფონნდი”| “Nanuka's Fund”

➖ა(ა)იპ “ფროსფერითი”| “Prosperity Georgia”.

➖ა(ა)იპ “ფონდი ერთმანეთისთვის 24/7”| “For each other.”

➖ა(ა)იპ “სირცხვილია”| “Shame”

➖ა(ა)იპ “თბილისისის ადამიანის უფლებათა სახლი”; Human Rights House Tbilisi.

All of them are known as organizations that helped pay fines to detained protesters, provided financial support to the families of detainees, and collected money to help victims of natural disasters.

According to the prosecutor's office, the assumption that the foundations provided material support for various “illegal and in some cases criminal and violent actions” related to the current protests is being checked.

The investigation is underway into sabotage, attempted aggravated sabotage, facilitation of hostile activities of a foreign organization and an organization under foreign control, as well as mobilization of finances for activities against the constitutional order and national security of Georgia. The case is being investigated under Part 1 of Article 318, Part 2 of Article 19-318, Article 319 and paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Article 321¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

“Taking into account that the so-called 'foundations' used most of the collected funds to finance group violence and to provide for the accused and their families, which creates a basis for involving people in illegal actions for material gain, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, based on the court order, on March 17, 2025 ordered the freezing of bank accounts and the funds of the following organizations in all banking institutions of the country,” the statement reads.

According to the investigation, since November 28, 2024, radical groups used pyrotechnics and incendiary substances at protest actions that were engaged in damaging the Parliament building, “systematically provided with respirators, ‘special gas masks,’ helmets and other means.”

The prosecutor's office says that since December 2024, about GEL 2 million has passed through the funds, whose accounts have now been seized. In addition to allocating money to pay fines, “the bulk of the funds were used to encourage persons who committed illegal and criminal acts, as well as to purchase inventory and means necessary for these crimes.”

The prosecutor's office alleges that money transfers were made from these funds with explicit instructions in the purpose of the payments, such as: “For necessary equipment for the action”, ‘Everything needed for the fight’, ‘Purchase of inventory for the actions’, ”For the purchase of pyrotechnics”

“For gas masks for children on the front lines.”

Reprinted from https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/