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Review | Nobody in Sight — one man’s fight with addiction and loneliness in Tbilisi
Kote Kalandadze’s latest film focuses on his old childhood friend Achiko, now 42, who has spent half his life addicted to drugs.
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Georgia
Georgian court acquits protester Giorgi Akhobadze of drug charges
Doctor Giorgi Akhobadze said police planted drugs on him after he left a protest against the government.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Transparency International claims Georgian police planted drugs on three detained protesters
The organisation has said that the authorities planted drugs on protesters to discredit the protest movement.
Azerbaijan
Aliyev’s cousin arrested in Greece on drug charges
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s first cousin, DJ Izzatkhanim Javadova, is accused of organising a drug-fueled party in a luxury villa near Athens.
Azerbaijan
Deportations from the West: the story of families sent back to Azerbaijan
Activists deported back to Azerbaijan are at a constant risk of being detained on drug charges or accused of other criminal acts.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani activist sentenced to three years in prison on drug charges
Azerbaijani activist sentenced to three years in prison on drug charges0:00/2:111× On Thursday, Azerbaijani activist Ilhamiz Guliyev was sentenced to three years in prison for the acquisition and storage of large quantities of drugs without the intent to sell. He has claimed the charges were used to punish him after he accused Azerbaijani police in an interview of planting drugs on activists. Guliyev was originally arrested on 6 December 2023 on charges of large-scale drug trafficking. Accordi
Armenia
Brazilian dies after being ‘forced to drink’ from bottle by officials at Yerevan Airport
A Brazilian national has died on the way to the hospital after customs officials at Yerevan’s airport reportedly forced him to drink from a bottle of alcohol he had brought into the country. The incident, which occurred on 8 August, was first reported on by tabloid media. ‘Instead of checking the contents of the bottle, the customs officials forced the Brazilian to drink it, after which he suddenly felt sick and died minutes later’, the news read. Armenia’s Chair of the State Revenue Comm
