Georgian foreign agent law protester freed after year in prison
Lazare Grigoriadis has been released from prison following President Salome Zourabichvili’s pardon.
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Detained Azerbaijani journalist allegedly beaten by police
Imran Aliyev was arrested on Thursday and remanded to two months of pre-trial detention.
Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law Live | Papuashvili: EU funding is opaque
Protests against the draft foreign agent law are continuing in Georgia, as the ruling Georgian Dream party pushes ahead with the controversial legislation.
Abkhazia freezes assets of non-profit organisation citing tax evasion
The Centre for Humanitarian Programmes’ was accused of tax evasion.
Podcasts
Podcast | A week of protests against Georgia’s foreign agent law
OC Media’s Mariam Nikuradze and Shota Kincha about the mass protests against the foreign agent law and the government’s reactions.
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In Focus
Datablog | Georgians are feeling the effects of climate change
A CRRC survey found that 90% of respondents are concerned about climate change, with 75% reporting they had experienced its effects.
OC Insider
From police escort to police beating: documenting Georgia’s protests
Last week, I had a four-man police escort guarding me at an Alt Info demonstration, this week the police were beating journalists.
Mariam Nikuradze
Why is Georgian Dream reviving the foreign agent law?
Georgia’s ruling party has promised to pass a controversial ‘foreign agents’ law just six months before parliamentary elections, but the reasons for the move are unclear.
Why is Georgian Dream reviving the foreign agent law?
Georgia’s ruling party has promised to pass a controversial ‘foreign agents’ law just six months before parliamentary elections, but the reasons for the move are unclear.
The disappearing villages of Samtskhe-Javakheti
In south Georgia, many once populous villages are facing rapid abandonment, with their former inhabitants driven to leave by harsh environmental conditions and government neglect.
The disappearing villages of Samtskhe-Javakheti
In south Georgia, many once populous villages are facing rapid abandonment, with their former inhabitants driven to leave by harsh environmental conditions and government neglect.
‘Competing to be most pro-Russian’: Abkhazia prepares for Russian presidential elections
Abkhazia’s government and opposition have been calling for citizens to vote in the upcoming Russian presidential elections, but sentiment amongst Abkhazian people is conflicted.
‘Competing to be most pro-Russian’: Abkhazia prepares for Russian presidential elections
Abkhazia’s government and opposition have been calling for citizens to vote in the upcoming Russian presidential elections, but sentiment amongst Abkhazian people is conflicted.
A forest in the city centre: rewilding Rustavi
A volunteer-led environmental regeneration project hopes to rewild and revive the Georgian industrial city.
A forest in the city centre: rewilding Rustavi
A volunteer-led environmental regeneration project hopes to rewild and revive the Georgian industrial city.
Opinion
Opinion | Four years of entrapment: why Azerbaijan’s land borders remain closed
Azerbaijan’s land borders have been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion | Georgia’s minimum wage is stuck in the 90s
It’s past time for Georgia to raise its minimum wage, which has remained unchanged since the 1990s.
Opinion | How Azerbaijan uses ‘anti-colonialism’ to authoritarian ends
Azerbaijan’s official statements have in recent months taken a new turn, using anti-colonial rhetoric to criticise Western countries for their involvement in the region.