Tkibuli Coal Mines
Tkibuli miners allege political dismissals amid company’s ‘reorganisation’
Up to 100 miners were dismissed in what the company has claimed is part of a retraining initiative.
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Police detain remaining Meydan TV journalists in Azerbaijan
On Friday, Meydan TV’s Baku staff — Aynur Gambarova, who goes by the penname Elgunash, Natig Javadli, Aytaj Ahmadova, also known as Tapdig, Aysel Umudova, Khayala Aghayeva, and freelancer Ramin Jabrailzada, also known as Deko — were detained on charges of smuggling foreign currency. They were all remanded to the Baku City Police Station facing a common accusation, smuggling, which has repeatedly been used to detain journalists over the past year. Meydan TV’s editor, Orkhan Mammad, first
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgia’s students take their lectures to the streets
A group of students at Ilia State University (ISU) in Tbilisi have spontaneously come together to form a new student group in protest against the rigged parliamentary elections — with one form of protest including organising their lectures on the streets. On 19 November, the Iliauni Student Movement at Tbilisi’s most progressive university organised their first publicly visible initiative, taking the lead from Georgian writers Lasha Bughadze and Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili, who delivered a ser
Democracy
ECHR registers case against Georgia’s foreign agent law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has registered a case against the foreign agent law adopted amidst mass protests in Georgia, according to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA). The controversial foreign agent law has been sent to the ECHR for review on behalf 136 civil organisations in Georgia, including GYLA, as well as four private Georgian citizens. On Wednesday, GYLA cited six separate articles of the European Convention on Human Rights that the law allegedly violat
Democracy
Georgian Constitutional Court declines to suspend foreign agent law
The Constitutional Court of Georgia has declined a motion to suspend the foreign agent law pending a final ruling on its constitutionality. On Wednesday, the court announced it had agreed to hear the case against the law, more than a month after four separate lawsuits against it were filed and merged into one appeal. According to their decision, none of the law’s articles will be suspended until the case is resolved. Two of the eight judges, Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tughushi,
Feature Stories
A stage for rebellion: stand-up amidst Georgia’s protests
As Georgia’s political divides widen and the threat of censorship looms large, the country’s stand-up scene is providing a space for debate, but may now be in the firing line. ‘So, why aren’t you at the protest?’, asks the voice on the main stage at a bar near Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue. The awkward chuckles of the audience at the open mic night mingle with the sounds of protesters a few streets away. A protest march against the adoption of the ‘Russian’ or ‘foreign agent’ law atte
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Transparency International Georgia ‘no longer able’ to observe October elections
UPDATE: On Tuesday afternoon, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, called on the Georgian Anti-Corruption Bureau to reconsider its decision to label TI Georgia and its director, Eka Gigauri, as entities with electoral goals. The government administration published Kobakhidze’s statement on Facebook. According to Kobakhidze, the Bureau’s decision, from a legal standpoint, was based on the ‘highest standard of truthfulness’. However, he recommended that the status of TI Georgia sho
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