
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.
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.
Georgian Dream supporters are increasingly likely to distrust NGOs while those who trust the opposition have become more trusting.
An ephemeral time capsule of the early foreign agent law protests showing intimate portraits of the young Georgians caught in their midst.
The sheer number of laws passed in recent months have overwhelmed observers and media outlets alike.
Georgian Dream has repeatedly accused domestic and outside forces of plotting a coup.
Hundreds of people have been fined on various charges, including roadblocks, amid protests that began in November in Georgia.
Kacharava has been the member of the parliamentary majority already for the second time.
The Congress of the Council of Europe also adopted a memorandum recommending repressive Georgian legislation be repealed.