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BREAKINGGeorgian government-critical blogger Tornike Razmadze faces a fine or administrative detention over a Facebook comment he posted under his August reel comparing narratives by Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan and Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. The comment contains swearing…
BREAKINGGeorgian Public Defender Levan Ioseliani is on an official visit to Washington, where he met with U.S. State Department officials to discuss the human rights situation in Georgia, the Public Defender’s Office said. According to the September 10 statement , Ioseliani met with representatives of the…
BREAKINGThe Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarchate has distanced itself from the use of the name of Gabriel Urgebadze, a prominent Georgian Orthodox monk canonized after his death, for a military unit fighting in the Ukrainian Donbas region on the Russian side, saying it was “utterly unheard-of” and…
BREAKINGA group of 34 countries has voiced concern at the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva over “further deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia,” citing restrictive legislation, pressure on protesters, journalists and civil society, and the imprisonment of opposition…
BREAKINGGeorgia’s State Security Service (SSSG) chief Geka Geladze and Deputy Interior Minister Gaga Kirkitadze are in China with accompanying delegations to participate in the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, an annual international forum established by China and held in Lianyungang, Jiangsu…
BREAKINGThe 134th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place on September 8 in the village of Ergneti, near the occupation line in Georgia’s Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region. The meeting, which brought together the representatives of Georgia’s central government and de…
BREAKINGThe National Bank of Georgia (NBG) decided to keep the key refinancing rate unchanged at 8.25% following a September 9 meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Central Bank expects inflation to average 5.2% in 2026 before gradually converging with its 3% target over the medium term.…
BREAKINGMichele Cervone d’Urso, the EU’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, raised concerns over Georgia, recalling its obligation to “uphold fundamental freedoms” and urging the “repeal or substantial revision” of legislation that undermines human rights and targets dissent. “The EU recalls…
BREAKINGSergei Filimonov, a Russian national allegedly involved in a transnational bank account takeover fraud scheme, was extradited to the United States from Georgia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on September 8. According to the DOJ, Filimonov, a 36-year-old web developer, was “allegedly…
BREAKINGCouncil of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty has intervened as a third party in the case challenging Georgia’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), arguing that the law is part of a broader pattern of restrictions seeking to…