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Explanatory Media Platform from Georgia 🇬🇪 | Covering #GeorgiaProtests and more
- “Right now, the clock is ticking for Georgian democracy, its media, and civil society.” Hear an excerpt from Giorgi Gogua, our editor-in-chief’s, speech at #CDS2025. Full speech below👇 #GeorgiaProtests
- 🇬🇪 Georgian Parliament slams U.S. MEGOBARI Act as "hostile" in fiery 11-page statement. Calls it a "Deep State" plot against Georgia, urges Trump to rein in tensions. Claims Act is retaliation for not opening a "second front."
- Breaking: Former Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili arrested today for refusing to pay a fine imposed after he declined to participate in a parliamentary probe led by the Georgian Dream regime, widely regarded as a sham.
- Merab Turava, former President of Georgia’s Constitutional Court, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Justice.
- 🇬🇪 | 1/5: Georgian authorities raided the homes of individuals tied to funds supporting protesters and activists early this morning, escalating the crackdown on dissent amid ongoing protests against the ruling Georgian Dream party. #GeorgiaProtests
- 1/ Irakli Garibashvili, Chairman of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, resigned from politics today, citing his belief that he is no longer fit for the role. The move comes amid rumors of a rift with GD founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. #GeorgiaProtests
- 🇬🇪| 1/10: Georgia faced another turbulent week amid its ongoing political crisis, sparked by the disputed October 2024 parliamentary elections. From ex-PM Gakharia’s testimony to new laws and cultural protests, here’s a rundown of April 11–18. #GeorgiaProtests 🧵
- 1/ On April 10, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution sharply criticizing Georgia’s ongoing democratic regression. It urges the ruling Georgian Dream party to implement past recommendations, which remain unfulfilled.
- The event Irakli Kobakhidze refers to is the April 9, 1989, Tbilisi massacre, where Soviet troops killed 21 Georgians, mostly young women, with shovels and tanks during a peaceful pro-independence protest.
- 🇬🇪 | People are paying tribute to the victims of the April 9, 1989, massacre. Last night, family members of political prisoners spent the night on Rustaveli Avenue. It’s day 133 of the nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.
- Family members of political prisoners will hold an overnight vigil outside Parliament, marking the symbolic date of April 9, 1989, when Soviet troops killed 21 Georgians on Rustaveli Avenue during protests for Georgia’s independence.
- Watch scenes from Tbilisi as journalists and students march together toward Rustaveli Avenue. It’s day 132 of the nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.
- 1/ Indigo Magazine journalist Saba Sordia remains in a detention facility following his arrest by Georgian police on April 6, 2025. The Ministry of Internal Affairs press office claims the arrest stemmed from Sordia’s alleged disobedience to a police request.
- 1/3: Grigol Liluashvili, until recently the head of Georgia’s State Security Service, will not take up his newly assigned position as a minister in the Regional Development Ministry, Irakli Kobakhidze announced today.
- In a Facebook post, Tornike Rizhvadze announced his resignation as head of Adjara’s Autonomous Republic, expressing gratitude to Bidzina Ivanishvili and affirming his continued loyalty as a “soldier” of the Georgian Dream party.
