GeorgiaLive updates | Tbilisi Pride cancelled as mob violence continuesby OC Media• 0 min readShare▲A mob attacks journalists near the parliament building in Tbilisi on 5 July. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.Don’t just read the news, help create it.For just $5 a month, you can fund reporting that gives you in-depth insight into the Caucasus.JOIN TODAYGeorgiaQueer RightsTbilisi PrideOC Media • Follow3551 articles•0 FollowersOpen Caucasus Media brings you news, commentary, multimedia, and podcasts from the North and South Caucasus.
ChechnyaChechen woman who fled to Georgia reportedly killed after returning home in suspicious circumstancesby Nate Ostiller•2 min readAliya Ozdamirova, aged 33, reportedly fled home after being threatened by her family.
GeorgiaFormer Georgian PM Gakharia ordered into pre-trial detention in absentiaby Mikheil Gvadzabia•4 min readGiorgi Gakharia, who is currently abroad, said he is being politically persecuted.
Mikheil SaakashviliSaakashvili appeals to Zelenskyi after transfer back to prisonby Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning•5 min readGeorgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili requested he be included in the list of civilian prisoners of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
ReviewsReview | The Literature Express — misogyny dressed up as literary satireby Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning•3 min readLasha Bugadze’s 2009 novel critiquing the art of literature, particularly the ‘Georgian author’, falls flat in its obsession with sex and sexism.
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AzerbaijanGeorgia rejects asylum request from family of detained Azerbaijani activistby Aytan Farhadova•2 min read
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