Georgia
Human Rights Watch representative claims Georgian Dream is trying to cause a human rights crisis
Rachel Denber said that Georgian Dream’s actions are leading Georgia towards autocracy.
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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Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law
Kobakhidze refuses to establish working group on foreign agent law
Berset’s statement follows his visit to Georgia in December.
Georgia
Georgian Dream announces plans to introduce new laws targeting media and NGOs
The ruling party claimed that the new legislation aligns with British and American standards.
Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law
Georgian Dream says it ‘may not need’ foreign agent law
The ruling party’s parliamentary leader, Mamuka Mdinaradze, has cited US President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend foreign aid.
Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law
Georgian court sentences foreign agent law protester to five years in prison
Pridon Bubuteishvili, 20, was convicted of injuring a firefighter and damaging parliament’s gates during May’s foreign agent law protests.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream to keep Kobakhidze as PM
Georgian Dream’s political council has approved party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili’s recommendation to keep Irakli Kobakhidze as prime minister. The political council convened on Thursday to nominate Georgian Dream members for the several posts. The official results of 26 October’s elections gave the ruling Georgian Dream party a large majority, with 54% of the vote. However, local media and observer groups have documented widespread vote rigging by the ruling party. The party’s executiv
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
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