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Georgian opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili sentenced to 13 years
TBILISI, July 11 – Georgian opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of attempting to commit a terrorist act. Tbilisi City Court found Elisashvili guilty on Friday. The judge sentenced him…
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Opposition parties split on strategy for next election
TBILISI, July 15 – Georgia’s opposition says it is preparing for the next elections, but still has no clear common plan for how to take part. While most opposition parties are…
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Georgian film director wins defamation case against TV company
TBILISI, July 15 – Georgian film director Goga Khaindrava has won a defamation case against the opposition-leaning TV channel Formula and says he will use the compensation money to create a…
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Georgian opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili sentenced to 13 years
TBILISI, July 11 – Georgian opposition politician Aleko Elisashvili has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of attempting to commit a terrorist act. Tbilisi City Court…
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Georgia’s largest opposition party to build reform council
TBILISI, July 10 – Georgia’s United National Movement (UNM) is trying to open its reform process to people who do not want to formally join the party, journalist Nana Zhorzholiani said…
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Closed-door, wide-ranging ‘sabotage’ trial in Tbilisi
TBILISI, July 10 – A high-profile “sabotage” trial against eight Georgian opposition figures is moving quickly through Tbilisi City Court, with prosecutors citing witness testimony and an audio recording, while the…
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Gakharia accuses Georgian Dream of hiding reality
TBILISI, July 8 – Former Georgian prime minister Giorgi Gakharia has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of failing to defend Georgia’s national interests abroad, saying his own team is trying…
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Georgia charges two with spying
TBILISI, June 1 – Georgian authorities have charged two citizens with spying for foreign intelligence services in separate cases that the defendants’ lawyers say are baseless. Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) announced the arrests on Saturday, while the Prosecutor’s Office charged the two the following day with espionage, under a clause of the criminal code…
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Europe rights commissioner meets Tbilisi NGOs
TBILISI, April 14 – The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, met non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tbilisi on Tuesday, discussing protests, detainees and recent legal changes. Interpressnews reported that the commissioner met representatives of civic society, including Transparency International Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics.…
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Georgia’s ruling party plans new rewrite of Grants Law
TBILISI, April 7 – Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party has moved to amend the country’s law on grants once again, in the latest step in a broader tightening of rules around foreign funding of civil society. According to Interpressnews, lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) have submitted a new bill that would clarify which…
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