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Majority of Georgians say ‘excessive force used’ during 20 June protest, poll finds

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Pro­test­ers throwing fireworks at police on 20–21 June. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)

A majority of Georgians believe that the Georgian Gov­ern­ment used excessive force to disperse pro­test­ers at a 20 June demon­stra­tion outside par­lia­ment, a new poll from the National Demo­c­ra­t­ic Institute (NDI) has found. [Read more…]

Alliance of Patriots rally thousands outside US Embassy in Tbilisi

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Thousands of sup­port­ers of the Alliance of Patriots protest­ing near the US Embassy in Tbilisi. Pho­to­graph: Obiektivi.

Thousands gathered outside the US Embassy in Tbilisi on Sunday at a protest organised by con­ser­v­a­tive oppo­si­tion party the Alliance of Patriots. Pro­test­ers were demanding that former US diplomats David J Kramer and Matthew Bryza be made persona non grata in Georgia. [Read more…]

Georgia debates NATO membership excluding defence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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Former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Tabula)

Comments by a former NATO Secretary-General regarding a possible path for Georgia into NATO have spurred a heated debate in the country. Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggested that Georgia ask for NATO mem­ber­ship with Article 5 applying only to ter­ri­to­ries con­trolled by the central gov­ern­ment. [Read more…]

Georgian president in hot water for pardoning cop killer

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Salome Zura­bishvili signing an order of clemency on 28 August. (Official photo)

Leading members of the par­lia­men­tary majority have joined their voices to those of the victim’s family, ques­tion­ing a decision by the president they had fought hard to elect last year. Some critics also ques­tioned the opaque process in which President Zura­bishvili makes pardoning choices. [Read more…]

Opposition and activists rally against Gakharia as Georgia’s next PM

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Giorgi Gakharia (left) being nominated by Bidzina Ivan­ishvili on Tuesday. (Georgian Dream Facebook)

Con­tro­ver­sial Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia is slated to become the country’s next prime minister, the fifth under the rule of Georgian bil­lion­aire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party.  [Read more…]

Georgian vigilante group ‘downs South Ossetian drone’

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The Georgian State Security Service presented the drone to jour­nal­ists. (Photo: Imedi)

Georgian vigilante group Power in Unity has claimed respon­si­bil­i­ty for bringing down an unarmed South Ossetian drone. South Ossetian author­i­ties reacted angrily to the downing, accusing the Georgian police of shooting down the drone them­selves.  [Read more…]

Human Rights Watch calls on Georgia’s government to end dangerous mining practices

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A tunnel where miners work in Chiatura. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)

Inter­na­tion­al rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Georgian Gov­ern­ment to improve safety con­di­tions for miners, slamming the country’s dereg­u­la­tion of labour safety. [Read more…]

Georgian Dream MP alleges summoning him for corruption investigation is politically motivated

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Bidzina Gegidze. (Par­lia­ment)

An MP from Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream Party has claimed that his summoning by the State Security Service for ques­tion­ing regarding cor­rup­tion inves­ti­ga­tion into Georgian Post, where he pre­vi­ous­ly worked, may be polit­i­cal­ly motivated.
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