Video, shown here, of the protest by leading Georgian poet and political activist Irakli Kakabadze and Shota Gagarin and Alexi Chigviladze against the naming of one of Tbilisi's leading streets after former US President George W Bush appears to discredit the police claim that the three resisted arrest.

In fact all three are shown co-operating with the police in their arrest, with Kakabadze waving to the camera as he is driven off.

The incident recalls the case of the "7 November Three" of last autumn, when three activists were led off after a peaceful and lawful protest and charged - on what was plainly false evidence, as the whole incident was filmed, of resisting arrest.

In the video of this incident the activists can be seen defacing the street sign before reading poems (in English and Kartuli) mocking the Georgian regime. The police seem somewhat panicked by the fact the protest is being filmed and spend much more time on the phone - presumably seeking advice from superiors - than actually trying to arrest the protestors.

Anna Dolidze, a leading Georgian human rights lawyer and activist and Kakabadze's wife, writes of the incident:

"Arrested poets were held in the police car for 2.5 hours where Irakli Kakabadze was verbally abused and beaten.

"Poets were charged with article 173 of the General Administrative Code of Georgia for "wilfull disobedience to police." However, witness statements, video footage and photos confirm that all participants peacefully followed demands of policemen. As attorney for the defendants Anna Tsiklauri states the judge refused to view video footage of the event that shows that protesters immediately followed the demands of the police. Having spent one night in jail, all three poets were fined with $250, 10th of annual median income in Georgia. Court hearing was conducted behind the closed doors disallowing presence of family members and the media."

Gigi Ugulava has been trying to build his campaign for mayor of Tbilisi around the idea of himself as a practical hard worker and not as a politician at all.

The problem with doing this sort of thing is that you never know who might come in looking for some service. In this case it was Dachi Tsaguria, one of the leaders of the "7 November" protest group and a leading critic of the regime.

Maestro's TV news report on the attempted by alleged secret police man Rezo Margvelashvili to blackmail 7 November activist Levan Soselia into smearing opposition politicians and activists, including Sozar Subari.

მოძრაობა "7 ნოემბერი" ფარულ ჩანაწერს ავრცელებს

The 7 November campaign have released a video which they say shows Rezo Margvelashvili of the Constitutional Security Department - the successor to the KGB in Georgia -  threatening one of their members with prison unless he gives them information damaging to opposition politicians and anti-government campaigners.

Levan Soselia of 7 November says that Margvelashvili demanded information about Sozar Subari, Nana Kakabadze, Dachi Tsaguria, Jaba Jishkariani and other opposition representatives, otherwise he would be put in prison.

Jaba Jishkariani and Dachi Tsaguria say of 7 November that pressure on Soselia and his family members is continuing: "If Levan Soselia’s family has problems, Vano Merabishvili will be responsible."

One of Georgia's three national TV companies, Imedi, has caused "panic" in the city of Gori tonight broadcast a faked news bulletin purporting to show how opposition politicians have assisted an ongoing Russian invasion and attempted annexation of the country.

Imedi's faked "Qronika" bulletin was broadcast as nornal tonight but the story it reported was completely made up.

InterPressNews are reporting the majority of the population have fled their homes in the city - which was occupied by Russian forces in August 2008.

Imedi was taken over by pro-government forces after the events of 7 November 2007, when Georgian special forces stormed the station and took it off air after it reported on police violence against peaceful demonstrators in Tbilisi that day.

Now it is run by Giorgi Arveladze, formerly President Saakashvili's chief of staff who, as economy minister, announced the state of emergency that was used as cover for the attack on the station.

Under Arveladze it has become the most dedicated of all national channels to supporting the government, broadcasting propaganda regularly.

Blantantly making up stories to slander the opposition that cause mass panic is new level of excess however.