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Vakho Izoria. Photo: Mtavari.
The brother of Georgia’s National Security Council head, Levan Izoria, was released from police custody following intervention from higher-ups, new footage aired by opposition-leaning TV station Mtavari Arkhi on Thursday appears to show. [Read more…]
Irakli Shotadze. Official photo.
Former Chief Prosecutor of Georgia Irakli Shotadze has been nominated to regain the post, just 19 months after stepping down. [Read more…]
Salome Zurabishvili (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)
According to a recent poll by National Democratic Institute (NDI), 59% of the population think that there is no democracy in Georgia. In other indicators as well, the Georgian government is facing significant downturn in popularity. [Read more…]
Anti-government group Shetsvale mocked Georgian Dream Chair Bidzina Ivanishvili for his party’s use of Facebook trolls against critics
The Georgian government has dismissed accusations by Facebook that they were behind a network of fake news pages, with the ruling Georgian Dream party and pro-government media instead accusing the opposition and others of being propagators of fake news and announcing new proposals to tackle disinformation. [Read more…]
Facebook ‘news pages’ identified by the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab promoting Georgian Dream chair Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Facebook has taken down hundreds of pages, accounts, and groups for engaging in ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’ on behalf of the Georgian Government. [Read more…]
Photo: Shame Movement
Georgian Dream swept to power in 2012 on the promise of ending police violence, which they labelled the UNM’s ‘nine bloody years’. They have failed.
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Nika Melia speaking at a protest on 20 June. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.
Georgia’s parliament has voted to suspend Nika Melia, an MP from the opposition United National Movement Party (UNM) after he was found guilty of abuse of power. [Read more…]
Protest outside parliament on 12 December. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media
Controversial confirmation hearings for Georgia’s Supreme Court were disrupted on Thursday after a foul-smelling substance was released in parliament. [Read more…]
Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media.
A newly launched movement vowing to counter Georgia’s former ruling party, the United National Movement (UNM), has set up tents in front of Parliament in an effort to reclaim the space for the ‘real voice of the people’. [Read more…]
The second round of talks between Georgian Dream and the opposition, on 8 December. Image via TV Pirveli.
As street protests continue in Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party has said they are ‘considering’ a proposal to introduce ‘multi-member constituencies’ to the electoral system. [Read more…]
