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14/10/2025 - 16:50
CSOs: Georgian Dream Toughening Laws to ‘Ban Peaceful Protest’
Around 30 Georgian civil society organizations have denounced the ruling Georgian Dream party’s latest legislative proposal to toughen penalties for protest-related offenses as an “attempt to ban peaceful protest” and “another step toward dismantling democratic institutions” in the country. Georgian Dream announced on October 13 that it would introduce harsher administrative and criminal penalties against protesters for actions such as covering their faces during rallies, blocking roads, and participating in assemblies that officials have ordered…
14/10/2025 - 14:09
ECtHR Orders Russia to Pay Georgia 253 Million Euros Over Post-2008 War Rights Violations
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than 253 million euros in compensation for thousands of victims of human rights violations stemming from the tightening of administrative boundary lines after the 2008 war. In an October 14 ruling in the case Georgia v. Russia (IV), the ECtHR unanimously awarded 253,018,000 euros in non-pecuniary damages to more than 29,000 victims. The compensation covers violations for which Russia was found…
14/10/2025 - 11:15
Kavelashvili Grants 70 Pardons
Georgian Dream–elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili has granted 70 pardons on the occasion of Svetitskhovloba, October 14, a national and religious holiday dedicated to the town of Mtskheta and its historic cathedral. According to Mikheil Kavelashvili’s administration, 42 people were released from non-custodial sentences, 24 from custodial sentences, and the criminal records of four individuals were expunged. The administration, however, did not specify which offenses the pardons applied to. “The President of Georgia’s exercise of his…
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