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This case is absurd, and it has nothing to do with the law, and Lasha was summoned today because he fought in Ukraine against Russia,
I was told that a year ago, an investigation was started regarding the coup d'état, and there were some related questions... [They asked me] when I left, when I came from Ukraine. There were general questions,
I, Nadim Khmaladze, am being summoned by the SSS under articles on coup d'état and terrorism,
I’ve never seen Georgian society so united,
said Giorgi Kikonishvili, an LGBTQ+ activist and club promoter in Tbilisi Right now, we still have a civil society that’s trying to survive. In October, we’ll probably have none of that. People will have been arrested (or) expelled,
By labeling independent groups and media as serving foreign interests, they (Georgia’s leadership) intend to marginalize and stifle critical voices in the country that are fundamental for any functioning democracy,
said Hugh Williamson from the advocacy group Human Rights Watch The evidence for Russia being the power behind Ivanishvili — and Georgian Dream — is, at this stage, circumstantial. But it is nevertheless compelling,
James Nixey, Russia and Eurasia director at the London-based think tank Chatham House, wrote in an analysis in May The West, the opposition, LGBT people, and civil society — we are all, together, demonized as spreading LGBT propaganda, trying to impose a Western lifestyle, erase Georgian traditions,
said Jakeli, who has moved homes because of safety reasons and carries pepper spray when out First of all, we are citizens and patriots of this country,