Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | How Georgian Dream is criminalising human rights
The regime’s goal is to place those who dare to expose the regime’s cases of human rights violations in a constant state of uncertainty.
Eduard Marikashvili
Eduard is a Georgian lawyer, human rights defender, and chair of the Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI).
Georgia
Opinion | 4 October: an unsuccessful uprising or a trap for Georgian democracy?
Whatever the truth of the 4 October events, they have given Georgian Dream the perfect pretext to finish its repressive crackdown.
Georgia–EU Relations
Opinion | In Georgia, the EU’s commitment to democracy is being tested — and it may be failing
The EU faces a choice in Georgia: to stand up for democracy or prioritise pragmatism.
Georgian Dream
Opinion | How Georgian Dream uses the power of illusion to consolidate its autocracy
Behind the façade of democracy, Georgian Dream is constructing a consolidated authoritarian regime and police state.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | Georgian civil society needs to prepare for the worst
As Georgian Dream flaunts its authoritarianism, civil society and its international backers need to dig in for a long fight.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Opinion | Georgian civil society needs sustained support from the international community
On 26 October, the architect of Georgian authoritarianism, Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, robbed Georgians of their election. Any future government change through elections is ruled out if the status quo persists. An ominous calm pervades the country. It appears as though nothing has changed, yet a looming crisis haunts each home, office, and street, whispering of impending disaster. Yet it is also clear that the election administration has finally dismantled the illusion of democrat
