
Opinion | Georgia’s new mental health registry is a tool for repression
The new legislation to create a mental health database shows the state is reverting to old mechanisms of control deeply rooted in the Soviet past.

The new legislation to create a mental health database shows the state is reverting to old mechanisms of control deeply rooted in the Soviet past.

The women detained during Georgia’s ongoing anti-government protests have reported systematic practices designed to degrade human dignity.

Mihran Hakobyan’s lawyer Ruben Melikyan has linked the attack to Hakobyan’s political stance.

Journalists discovered that Aishat Baymuradova, who was found dead in mid-October in Yerevan, could have been poisoned.

Raids were also conducted at the homes of his brother-in-law Elnur Seyidov and party member and journalist Tazakhan Miralamli.

Ketevan Vashagashvili’s debut documentary has won a cinematic human rights award for its sensitive portrayal of parenthood and surrogacy in Georgia.

Until the fear of collective punishment ends, even the simple act of speaking publicly is a privilege that most Chechens don’t have.