The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary would like to comment on the guilty verdict delivered against Mr Nika Gvaramia, director of Mtavari TV. The ruling represents another concerning example of pressure exerted on critical media org ...
Legislative amendments to the Local Self-Government Code and the Election Code of Georgia have been initiated by the ruling party MPs in the Parliament of Georgia. According to them, the rule of recognizing the authority of a majoritarian Sakrebulo m ...
The Constitution of Georgia guarantees the freedom of media. The Law of Georgia on Freedom of Speech and Expression defines what freedom of expression means, what falls under this definition, and what exceptions are there when this right may be restr ...
On May 3, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) with the financial support of the European Union organized a conference ”The Georgian Media Landscape: Old Challenges and Possible New Solutions”, to mark World ...
To the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili On April 29, 2022, the Georgian government refused to make public the answers to the EU questionnaire made on behalf of the country. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the ans ...
On April 25, the YouTube channel "Cyber Kmara" revealed another audio recording of an alleged conversation between Bidzina Ivanishvili and Russian businessman Vladimir Evtushenkov. The latter is on the list of Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the Unit ...
We, the signatory non-governmental organizations, give a critical assessment to the draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code that were initiated by members of the parliamentary majority. The draft law makes it possib ...
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary comments on the working group set up in the Parliament of Georgia on judicial reform. It is unfortunate that information about the working group format is closed to the public. Local NGOs wor ...