Friday, April 17, 2026

Curbing of illegal surveillance delayed, campaigners say

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Kakha Kojoridze from Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association, one of the groups in the campaign. (Promotion video.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Campaigners in Georgia suspect law enforcement agencies are intentionally prolonging a legislative hearing about illegal wiretapping.

The campaign ‘This Affects You Too’, which includes several of the most influential NGOs in Tbilisi, was started

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Georgians switching off phones one hour to protest wiretapping

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Eka Gigauri. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, campaigners are asking people to switch off their mobile phones for one hour on Friday to protest illegal wiretapping.

The campaign ‘This Affects You Too – They Still Listen to Us’ envisages turning off mobile phones every Friday

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Campaign asks people to turn off mobile phones in protest

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Nino Lomjaria, head of International Society For Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED). (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several Georgian NGOs that are involved in the campaign ‘This Affects You Too-They Still Listen to Us’ call on citizens to turn off their mobile phones for two hours and protest against the government’s illegal wiretapping.

Nino Lomjaria, head

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2012's democracy campaign revived in Georgia

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Kakha Kozhoridze, one of the campaigners. (Video still from the new ad by This Affects You Too.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A campaign in Georgia which played an important role ahead of Saakashvili’s unexpected election defeat in 2012 has been revived.

The campaign This Affects You Too is being brought back to life in order to fight against illegal surveillance by

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Georgian NGOs express concern about events in Ukraine

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“The responsibility for this whole tension is the Ukrainian government’s,” says Lasha Tughushi, head of the National Platform. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–An umbrella organization uniting more than a hundred non-governmental organizations in Georgia on Saturday issued a statement expressing concern about events in Ukraine.

The statement, which is signed by more than 60 groups that are members

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The revolving doors of Georgia's politics and business

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Kakhi Kaladze (pictured) was involved in at least three companies in the energy sector before he became energy minister, according to TI’s report. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Business and politics are tightly connected in Georgia, according to a new report by Transparency International.

The organization claims that some wealthy businessmen have been elected to the Georgian parliament and some members of the executive

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Open Society report highlights progress in Georgia's reforms

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Minister for Euro-Integration Alexi Petriashvili (center) and head of Open Society Georgia Keti Khutsishvili (right). (OSGF.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Open Society Foundations in Georgia and Armenia say in a new report that there is “some progress” in several areas of Georgia’s efforts to fulfill its European aspirations and existing challenges during.

The report, which was presented a few days ago,

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