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Official Account of Transparency International Georgia – Anti-corruption, Openness, Accountability, Democracy. We #StandWithUkraine 🇬🇪🇺🇦
🚨 In 2014-2024, the companies of Vakhtang Karichashvili, a business partner of Bidzina Ivanishvili's cousin Ucha Mamatsashvili, received 56 million GEL from state-funded agricultural programs. Meanwhile, they donated 783K GEL to Georgian Dream. 🔗 Read more:…
🚨 Georgian Dream continues to adopt repressive laws aimed at restricting rights, dismantling civil society, eliminating parliamentary oversight & subordinating state institutions to the party. 📌 Here are the legislative amendments enacted since April 2025:…
Georgia cannot join the EU until its government changes its authoritarian course. The European Parliament stands with the Georgian people. Parliament does not recognise Georgia’s current government and says its EU path is effectively suspended until fair elections happen.
🇩🇪 Germany’s Tagesspiegel reports about the collapse of democracy in Georgia, with civil society calling on Europe, especially Germany, to act before it's too late. “We sacrificed everything. Truly everything - ourselves, our energy, our time.” Eka Gigauri reflects in the…
I have signed a directive adding 19 more Georgian 🇬🇪officials to Estonia’s national sanctions list. Violence, politicized trials, and disproportionate punishments have no place in democracy. Estonia will continue to stand with Georgian civil society, independent media, and the…
📍The EU sent a letter to Ivanishvili’s government, raising the possibility of suspending visa-free travel due to democratic backsliding and disregard for European values. We call on Ivanishvili to stop sabotaging the European choice of the Georgian people and the Constitution.…
“We continue to keep a range of options under active review, working with our partners to respond to the latest actions,” UK Minister of State for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty said. civil.ge/archives/692712
EU says Georgia’s democratic backsliding “will come at a cost” as the bloc’s foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the measures in response to the Georgian Dream repression, including the possible suspension of the visa-free travel. civil.ge/archives/692494
⛔️ I have included 55 Georgian citizens on Latvia’s persona non grata list, imposing a ban on their entry into 🇱🇻. This decision was made under Section 61(2) of the Immigration Law.
⛔️ Esmu pieņēmusi lēmumu Latvijas Republikai nevēlamo personu sarakstā iekļaut vēl 55 Gruzijas 🇬🇪 pilsoņus, atbilstoši Imigrācijas likuma 61. panta otrajai daļai. Liegums ieceļot Latvijā personām ir noteikts uz nenoteiktu laiku.
🚨 The violent assault on Giorgi Bachiashvili in prison is part of ongoing political retribution—presumably orchestrated by Bidzina Ivanishvili. Bachiashvili previously stated he was receiving death threats. His safety is the responsibility of Ivanishvili and his government. See…
55 citizens of Georgia added to the list of personae non gratae. ➡️ mfa.gov.lv/en/article/55-…
Georgian Dream authorities continue to dismantle the country’s democracy. Alongside our partners, we urge for the release of political prisoners, the rollback of repressive legislation, and national dialogue with stakeholders. government.nl/ministries/min…
Joint statement of European Democracies 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇵🇱🇫🇮🇪🇸🇳🇱🇮🇪🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇪🇮🇸🇱🇹🇱🇻 “We, the Foreign Ministers of European democracies, are disturbed and deeply concerned at the deteriorating situation in Georgia.” 📄 Full statement: europa.eu/!6rkQgb
🚨 “Georgia’s democratic achievements are under threat.” The UK Foreign Secretary, together with 17 EU Foreign Ministers, has issued a joint statement on Georgia’s alarming authoritarian shift. 🔗 Read their joint statement: gov.uk/government/new…
