
After presiding over Georgia’s free speech crackdown, Kobakhidze calls for ‘healthy’ public debates
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze blamed the ‘deep state’ for the disappearance of public debates in Georgia.

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze blamed the ‘deep state’ for the disappearance of public debates in Georgia.

The reason for the criminal prosecution were posts on Instagram about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine in the spring of 2022.

Since late November, the Azerbaijani authorities have targeted at least seven Azerbaijani activists and media representatives based abroad.

Blogger Arslan Mirzaev was found guilty of spreading false information about Russia’s Armed Forces as well as publicly justifying terrorism.

Murat Adzhigiriev had struck a camera operator inside a courthouse.

Media booths from OC Media, Ifact, and Sinatle were pulled from the festival programme at the last minute.

Magomed Magomedov was accused of defrauding state news agency RIA Daghestan.