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Afiaddin Mammadov during a 2023 interview. Photo: Voice of America.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani labour rights activist sentenced to 8 years in prison

by Aytan Farhadova

•3 min read

Afiaddin Mammadov was convicted of intentionally causing serious bodily harm and hooliganism and sentenced to eight years in prison.

The Mindeli Mine in Tkibuli. Photo: Lana Kokaia/OC Media.

Tkibuli Coal Mines

Tkibuli miners allege political dismissals amid company’s ‘reorganisation’

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Up to 100 miners were dismissed in what the company has claimed is part of a retraining initiative.

Armenia

Armenia proposes reduction in working hours

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

In response, people drew the authority’s attention to the widespread violations of labour rights.

Yerevan bus drivers on strike in December. Photo: <em>RFE/RL</em>.

Armenia

Prosecutors reject criminal case over Yerevan bus strike

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

The Prosecutor General’s office did not launch any criminal proceedings regarding the Yerevan bus drivers’ strike in early December, following which city authorities submitted a report about the strikers’ alleged crime to the Prosecutor General. The update on the case came on Wednesday, with the Prosecutor General’s office telling RFE/RL that no criminal proceedings have been brought. ‘More simply, the investigator did not see any criminally punishable actions in the drivers’ strike,’ RFE/RL w

‘Strike! Please!’ reads a stencil on a barricade erected during the protests in Tbilisi. Photo: Mikheil Gvadzabia/OC Media.

Georgia’s EU U-turn

Calls for a general strike in Georgia: where are the unions?

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•10 min read

Amid growing calls for a general strike, Georgia’s largest trade unions have remained mostly silent.

Striking bus drivers in Yerevan. Image by RFE/RL.

Armenia

Yerevan Municipality fires striking bus drivers

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

The Yerevan Municipality has fired 18 bus drivers who were on strike in demand of better working conditions, accusing them of seeking to blackmail the city authorities. The bus drivers were fired on Tuesday — the same day they began their strike, with Yerevan’s Deputy Mayor, Suren Grigoryan, suggesting that the number could increase. Prior to firing them, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated that the municipality ‘will not give in to any kind of blackmail, we will not compromise’ and that th

Protesters outside the Swedish Embassy in Tbilisi on 16 September. Image: Shota Kincha/OC Media.

Evolution Gaming

Striking Evolution Georgia employees protest outside Swedish Embassy in Tbilisi

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Organisers of the strike against the online gaming service Evolution Georgia, now entering its third month, arranged a protest in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tbilisi. On Monday, around 15 striking employees shifted their demonstration to the Swedish Embassy in Tbilisi for the day, criticising what they described as the embassy’s defence of Evolution Georgia. The Embassy became the target of criticism after it praised Evolution Georgia for its ‘healthy and supportive workplace’, amidst an