Georgia
Parliament swept clean of tents after a year of protest
Darejan Tskhvitaria’s tent was removed after a fire broke out, which she believes was set intentionally.
Mariam Nikuradze
A veteran journalist with over a decade of experience, Mariam is passionate about gender equality and workers’ rights. Though often managing from behind a desk, her instinct to report from the ground kicks in whenever news breaks.
Georgia
Bank accounts seized from over 12 Georgian protesters
The seizures relate to unpaid fines for blocking the road during protests.
Georgia
Georgia’s Epiphany pardon fiasco leaves families freezing outside prisons in vain
Families, journalists, and activists spent two snowy days outside Georgian prisons hoping for a presidential pardon for imprisoned government critics.
Georgia
Chiatura protest leaders receive long prison sentences on violence charges
The four leaders of the miners’ city protest were arrested in April 2025.
OC Insider
Fighting for the paws-ibility of Georgia’s European future
Meet the dogs frequenting Georgia's daily protests
OC Insider
The day riot police poisoned me
On 28 November 2024, after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the halting of Georgia’s EU-integration process, I went to cover the ensuing protest. As the crowd grew bigger and bigger outside the parliament building located on Tbilisi's central Rustaveli Avenue, riot police took different spots around it. As it neared midnight, they began to disperse the demonstrators. I was on the fountain structure outside the parliament building trying to document a water cannon targeting camera ope
