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Clashes in Tbilisi as ruling party supporters target opposition rally

Several people were injured in Tbilisi on Monday after supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attacked opposition activists outside the election headquarters of Mayor Kakha Kaladze.

Euronews

Georgian MP who accused west of ‘blackmail’ appointed security chief as report warns of autocratic takeover

Mamuka Mdinaradze appointed as study says his Georgian Dream party has consolidated control

The Guardian - UK

Journalist sentenced to two years in prison for slapping police officer

The case against Mzia Amaghlobeli has been condemned as an attack on media freedom

The Independent UK

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Georgia's visa-free regime with EU at risk over 'backsliding' concerns

The EU plans to reintroduce its visa regime with Georgia unless Tbilisi curbs democratic backsliding. The European Commission will notify the South Caucasus country of its decision by 31 August.

Euronews

European Foreign Ministers express deep concern over 'deteriorating situation in Georgia'

A joint statement by European foreign ministers came in response to a progress report recently approved by the European Parliament on Georig'as accession process.

Euronews

Georgia faces European Parliament's criticism over rule of law and Russian influence

With 490 votes in favour and 147 against, MEPs adopted a report which “deplores the backsliding of the rule of law as well as the growing Russian influence on the ruling party, Georgian Dream."

Euronews

Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia jailed in Georgia amid deepening crackdown

Tblisi court sentences opposition figure Nika Gvaramia to eight months and bans him from holding office for two years.

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Georgia jails opposition figures as ruling party denies arrests are politically motivated

Anti-government protests continue daily in central Tbilisi with demonstrators accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of being pro-Russia and derailing the country’s efforts to join the EU.

Euronews

Georgia jails top opposition figures as authorities ramp up crackdown

Georgia has jailed four key opposition figures within days as part of a monthslong crackdown on dissent that followed a disputed election last October

The Independent UK

Georgian opposition figure Giorgi Vashadze jailed in widening crackdown

The sentence sees most opposition leaders behind bars as the ruling Georgian Dream squeezes critics and rivals.

Al Jazeera

Georgia arrests second opposition figure in days as ruling party faces more protests

Nightly protests across the country began on 28 November, when Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze halted the country's EU integration process.

Euronews

Georgia detains second opposition leader within days as ruling party faces more protests

Georgian police have detained a second top opposition leader within days, as protests continue in the South Caucasus country against the ruling Georgian Dream party

The Independent UK

Court rules to arrest Georgian opposition leader as anti-government protests continue

A court in Georgia ordered opposition party leader Zurab Japaridze detained Thursday on charges of failing to appear before a parliamentary inquiry, prompting protests against the country’s ruling Georgian Dream party

The Independent UK

Georgia's EU accession is moving 'in a very active way', first deputy prime minister tells Euronews

Since last year, Georgia’s European Union accession process has completely stalled. However, the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili has told Euronews that the government still aims to join the bloc by 2030.

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The Independent UK

Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia

A man has been convicted of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in her apartment last year in Georgia

Evening Standard

UK ‘becomes first state to sanction Georgia’s general prosecutor’

Giorgi Gabitashvili and three other high-ranking officials have been made subject to asset freezes and travel bans.

The Conversation

First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame

Autocracy is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient.

Euronews

Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's total prison time extends to over 12 years in new verdict

Saakashvili was found guilty of illegal border crossing and given a second prison sentence of four and a half years on Monday, in addition to his existing sentence on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement.

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Al Jazeera

Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison

Opposition forces claim that sentences reflect regime’s fear of the former pro-Western leader.

The Guardian - US

Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk’s USAid crackdown

Region’s autocrats join in persecution of agency that provided aid and helped to build up civil society in 1990s

The Independent UK

A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia, with human rights groups sounding the alarm

Over 40 Georgians have been jailed on criminal charges stemming from anti-government protests that have roiled the South Caucasus nation for weeks

Al Jazeera

Police crack down on resurgent protests in Georgia

Opposition leader Nika Melia and former mayor Gigi Ugulava arrested during a rally in Tbilisi.

International Business Times

Georgia Police Arrest Two Opposition Leaders At Protest

Georgian police arrested two opposition leaders during a street protest against the ruling party Sunday, a moved quickly denounced by the European Union, which denounced Tbilisi's "brutal crackdown".

International Business Times

'Campaign Of Terror': Georgia's Escalating Rights Crackdown

Georgian rights activists have denounced what they say is a mounting campaign of repression being waged by the government, accused of democratic backsliding and of moving Tbilisi closer to Russia.

The Independent UK

Germany, France and Poland condemn violence in Georgia, stress support for pro-democracy movement

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of the South Caucasus nation, cementing the ruling party’s grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s…

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