Pankisi native barred from entering Georgia
Leila Kavtarova, 23, has been held in Kutaisi Airport with her child since Monday.
Georgia’s lost parents and sold children
A group in Georgia claims to have reunited 500 people sold by doctors as newborns with their biological families.
Georgian foreign agent law passes first committee hearing
The draft law has been widely condemned by the opposition, rights groups, media organisations, and internationally as a threat to Georgia’s democracy.
Chechen man publishes video denying homosexuality following detention
Idris Arsamikov was reportedly detained at a Moscow airport last week.
Georgian Dream announce support for foreign agent law
Over 280 civil society and media organisations issued a joint statement warning that the law would cause ‘immeasurable harm’.
Queer Chechen man reportedly detained at Moscow airport
Human rights activists report that the man had emigrated to the Netherlands after being detained and tortured in Chechnya because of his sexuality.
Georgian court upholds ruling that neo-Nazi murder was not ethnically-motivated
Vitali Safarov, a 25-year-old Jewish-Yazidi man, was stabbed to death by two neo-Nazis in September 2018.
Ruling party chair expresses support for Georgian foreign agent law
US authorities raised concerns that the law would be used to ‘stigmatise and silence independent voices’.
Foreign agent law to be submitted to Georgian Parliament
The law is similar to one passed in Russia, with MEP Andreus Kubilius telling OC Media it could jeopardise Georgia’s EU membership bid.
Russian women’s rights activist barred from entering Georgia
Anna Rivina is the founder of Nasiliu.Net, an organisation providing services and shelter to victims of domestic violence.