Georgia protest funds seized

Georgia approves bill outlawing foreign grants without government approval

Georgia

April 16, 2025

Accepting a grant without permission will be punishable by a fine equal to twice the amount of the grant.

Amendments to Georgia’s law on grants passed in first reading

Georgia

April 14, 2025

The government will be able to examine any documents related to a grant and initiate reviews of received funds.

Georgian NGOs: 'We won’t live under Russian-style laws and will resist to the end'

Georgia

April 09, 2025

According to them, the authorities continue their attempts to dismantle civil society and the system of social support.

'They want to strip people of access to free aid' – opinion from Georgia

Georgia

April 08, 2025

Saba Brachveli: “The government wants to decide for itself what kind of free aid people can receive, from whom, and under what conditions.”

Opinion: 'If this continues, West really will want to change government in Georgia'

Georgia

April 08, 2025

David Zurabishvili: “This threat would likely have already taken a very real shape if it weren’t for the political storm unleashed after Trump’s election.”

Georgia plans to introduce new rules for receiving foreign grants

Georgia

April 07, 2025

In addition, politicians will no longer be allowed to hold public events with the support of foreign organisations.

GYLA: 'Georgian Dream’s draft laws aim to establish authoritarian rule'

Georgia

April 07, 2025

According to GYLA, Georgian Dream seeks to eliminate its political opponents.

OSCE: 'Foreign agents' law in Georgia will further restrict civil society

Foreign agents' law in Georgia

April 03, 2025

“The new law will strip human rights defenders of the safeguards necessary for their work”

Georgian Ombudsman: 'In some cases, brutality of law enforcement at protests can be equated to torture'

Protests in Georgia

April 01, 2025

According to the Public Defender’s report, the ill-treatment at the 2024 protests was systematic in nature.

'Opposition coordination announced yesterday was held today' — Salome Zourabichvili

Salome Zourabichvili

April 01, 2025

“We will achieve new elections and the release of political prisoners by peaceful means.”

Georgian parliament approves FARA-style law, media restrictions, and new treason provision

Georgia

April 01, 2025

Not a single Georgian Dream MP voted against the new laws.

Opinion: 'The platform of resistance proposed by Zourabichvili should have been created earlier'

Protests in Georgia

April 01, 2025

Political analyst Gia Khukhashvili: “If the platform is not integrated into the protest, it will not succeed”

'Create platform of resistance' — Zourabichvili speaks at major rally in Tbilisi. Photo and video

Salome Zourabichvili

April 01, 2025

Zourabichvili proposed creating a platform of resistance involving Georgia’s pro-European parties.

147 journalists injured during protests in Georgia, 17 fined for ‘blocking roads’ — CMIS

Protests in Georgia

March 21, 2025

Among the affected media workers is a JAMnews correspondent.

Why should Europe pay attention to Georgia? Letter to European leaders from the Georgian opposition

Georgia - EU

March 20, 2025

The letter emphasizes that Georgia’s fate must not be separated from Ukraine’s.

Zourabichvili: Letter sent to European leaders requesting discussion on Georgia at European Council meeting

Salome Zourabichvili

March 20, 2025

Zourabichvili emphasized that the situation in Georgia is part of a broader crisis affecting all of Europe.

Fines issued to protesters in Georgia reach 2 million lari

Protests in Georgia

March 19, 2025

Police fined protesters gathering outside the parliament for blocking the road.

Human rights activists: 'Freezing NGO accounts in Georgia is an attempt to punish protesters and civil society'

Georgia

March 18, 2025

Georgian prosecutors froze accounts of five funds supporting protesters and political prisoners

• 1
• 2