Freedom House has issued a public statement expressing concern over what it describes as escalating anti-democratic practices by the Georgian government, warning that recent actions undermine the country’s prospects for European Union integration. I...
The International Press Institute (IPI) issued a statement [https://ipi.media/georgia-urgent-action-required/] on June 30 expressing serious concern over what it describes as a worsening climate for media freedom in Georgia. The organization pointed ...
Amnesty International has criticized [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/06/georgia-crackdown-on-government-critics-deepens-as-another-opposition-politician-is-jailed/] the Georgian government following the sentencing of former lawmaker Gior...
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has issued a statement, condemning the arrests of opposition figures, civil society, and independent media. In a statement posted on social media, Rasmussen declared: “Denmark strongly condemns Georgian Dr...
Tbilisi Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to impose pretrial detention on civic activist and teacher Nino Datashvili, who is facing charges of assaulting a court bailiff. The ruling comes despite allegations that she herself was th...
Georgian opposition politician Nika Melia, co-founder of the Ahali party, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for refusing to appear before a parliamentary investigation commission whose legitimacy has been widely questioned by opposition gr...
A Georgian court has sentenced an opposition politician and former official under the United National Movement government, Givi Targamadze, to seven months in prison for failing to appear before a temporary parliamentary investigative commission prob...
A Georgian national has been arrested on charges of large-scale drug trafficking, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday. The ministry said officers from the Main Division for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Central Criminal ...
Georgian authorities have detained six foreign nationals, including citizens of India and Iran, as part of a special immigration control operation aimed at curbing illegal migration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday. The operati...
The Georgian Parliament, led by the ruling Georgian Dream party, has adopted a package of amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts within just two days, using an expedited legislative procedure. The bill introduces significant changes to the ju...
