Georgia
The UN joins Norway and Sweden in condemning Georgia’s new ‘restrictive’ and ‘repressive’ laws
The latest statements came in the wake of several new pieces of legislation critics argue are aimed at cracking down on media and civil society.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan ‘reconsiders its priorities’ with the UN
Previously, pro-government media reported that the UN Development Programme and the UN Refugee Agency were ‘told to leave’ Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan
UNDP, UNHCR, and ICRC ‘told to leave’ Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani government has consistently used state media to discredit civil society organisations prior to shutting them down.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
International experts say severity of harm inflicted on Georgian detainees ‘may constitute torture’
Six UN Special Rapporteurs have called on Georgia to investigate allegations made by protesters of torture and ill-treatment by police.
Freedom of Assembly
Biden snubs Georgian PM Kobakhidze by revoking UN reception invite
The White House has disinvited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Georgia’s delegation from a reception for world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. On Wednesday, the US Embassy in Georgia told local media that Kobakhidze’s invitation to the reception was revoked due to his government’s anti-democratic actions, misinformation, and negative rhetoric about the US and the West. Voice of America reported the snub on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources including a se
Freedom of the Press
US State Department says to ‘stay tuned’ for possible Georgia sanctions
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has told reporters to ‘stay tuned’ regarding possible sanctions on Georgian officials responsible for reintroducing the foreign agent bill. Answering journalists’ questions on Monday, Miller stated that adopting the foreign agent law ‘would derail Georgia from its European path’. ‘We are concerned that the legislation would impede independent media organisations working to provide access for Georgian citizens to high-quality information’, he sa
Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh seeks UN peacekeeping mandate
The authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have called for a UN-mandated peacekeeping mission as a ‘security guarantee’ for the region’s Armenian population. On Tuesday, the president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, told France24 that they were seeking ‘more fundamental international guarantees’ as the five-year mandate of Russian peacekeeping troops in Nagorno-Karabakh ends in two years. The November 2020 ceasefire agreement that brought an end to the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War include
