Georgia
Georgian Dream announces plans to criminalise treason
The ruling party in Georgia has said that the formerly ruling United National Movement removed articles pertaining to treason in 2007.
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A cog in the ‘machine of evil’: ex-TV Imedi employees on working for Georgian Dream’s spin machine
TV Imedi has a stated goal — to prevent the opposition from gaining power — a goal former employees say has overtaken all questions of ethics.
Georgia
Georgian Dream establishes commission to punish former ruling UNM party
The United National Movement (UNM) was the ruling party from 2003–2012.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
UNM member accuses Azerbaijani media of interfering in Georgian elections
Nargiz Aliyeva, a member of the opposition United National Movement party, has accused the anchor of an Azerbaijani talkshow of interfering in the Georgian elections by supporting the ruling Georgian Dream party. ‘Presenter Khoshgadam Hidayatgizi openly campaigned by calling to support a specific party in the elections held in another country’, Aliyeva wrote on Facebook on Thursday. She claimed this was a violation of both international law and regulations on mass media in Azerbaijan and
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Who’s who in Georgia’s parliamentary elections?
Georgians will go to the polls on 26 October in crucial parliamentary elections. Unlike in previous years, this election will be held under a fully proportional system. This means parties will be allocated a percentage of parliament’s 150 seats based entirely on the percentage of votes they receive nationwide, doing away with elections for individual MPs in single-seat constituencies. However, despite calls from many smaller parties, and despite previously promising the opposite, the ruling
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream and UNM supporters clash in western Georgia
An MP from the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party has said that she and members of the party were attacked by supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party in western Georgia. MP Ana Tsitlidze claimed that she and her party’s supporters were harassed by a group of 50 Georgian Dream supporters on Thursday while distributing UNM leaflets in Zugdidi. She said that the group that had harassed them were wearing T-shirts with Georgian Dream logos on them. Hours later, RFE/RL repo
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Government opponents threatened and attacked in Georgia
Several opponents of the Georgian Government have reported being threatened or even attacked over the weekend, as the election campaign ahead of October’s parliamentary poll gets underway. Zura Zabakhidze, a member of the United National Movement–led Unity coalition, told journalists that he was approached and threatened by two unknown men on Saturday. He said the men approached him near his home and told him to leave ‘active political life’ or that ‘the results would not be delayed’. ‘Th
