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Georgia’s GEM Fest music festival leaves employees without pay

by OC Media

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A number of employees of the GEM Fest electronic music festival are planning to sue the festival, after not being paid. Forty-two employees worked for a month in several different positions during the festival, but were not paid after it finished, according to local media reports. The festival, which is co-funded by the government, ran from 14 July to 14 August in Anaklia, a small seaside town in western Georgia. After not being paid, employees gathered at the entrance of the venue to p

Drug Policy

Drug campaigners blame authorities for GemFest death

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•2 min read

A number of minor opposition parties and drug reform advocacy groups have directly accused Georgia’s authorities of blame for the reported poisoning of at least 10 people, with one dead at the GemFest music festival. They argue that the government’s strict drug laws meant that drug users do not know what substances they are taking, and are unable to verify them. Twenty-two-year-old Natia Tavartkiladze died in hospital on 3 August, after falling ill at the GemFest music festival in the Black