Georgia
Georgian authorities launch first FARA probe, targeting prominent NGOs
Critics have repeatedly described the ‘Georgian version of FARA’ as a tool of repression.
Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law
The foreign agent law, dubbed the ‘Russian Law’, labels civil society or media organisations receiving funding from abroad ‘organisations carrying out the interests of a foreign power’. Such organisations are subject to monitoring every six months, which lawyers have warned could include forcing them to hand over internal communications and confidential sources.
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Georgian Dream
Explainer | The 25 legislative changes that have shaped Georgia’s authoritarian slide
The sheer number of laws passed in recent months have overwhelmed observers and media outlets alike.
Caucasus Datablog
Datablog | Trust in NGOs in Georgia has grown increasingly polarised
Georgian Dream supporters are increasingly likely to distrust NGOs while those who trust the opposition have become more trusting.
Reviews
Review | Inner Blooming Springs — A Georgian diary of friendship and resistance
An ephemeral time capsule of the early foreign agent law protests showing intimate portraits of the young Georgians caught in their midst.
Georgia
Georgia’s State Security Service again claims West plotted coup
Georgian Dream has repeatedly accused domestic and outside forces of plotting a coup.
Georgia
Georgian Public Defender justifies $1,800 fines for blocking roads during protests
Hundreds of people have been fined on various charges, including roadblocks, amid protests that began in November in Georgia.
Georgia
MP from Georgian Dream satellite party elected president of Rugby Union
Kacharava has been the member of the parliamentary majority already for the second time.
