Rule of Law, Human Rights and Freedom of Media

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Georgia's Press Freedom Index Plunges to 2011-2012 Levels

Between 2022 and 2024, Georgia experienced a sharp decline in the quality of democracy. The rights of the media and journalists have significantly worsened. In addition to the existential threat stemming from Russian-style Foreign Agents Law, journalists and cameramen have faced brutal physical violence. Freedom of expression remains a primary target for regimes moving toward dictatorship.

 
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The Personal Data Protection Service does not disclose personal data that civil society and media organizations are required to publish under Russian-style Foreign Agents Law

IDFI believes that, like the Russian-style Foreign Agents Law itself, the financial declaration form developed on its basis is not in compliance with personal data protection standards.

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Political Vandalism in Tbilisi on 31 May: IDFI’s Brief Assessment

The analysis of the incidents of May 31 indicates that the ruling party has two goals with this organized vandalism and systematic intimidation: to suppress freedom of speech and to create a false image of the damaging acts committed by them against Georgia, including the attempt to isolate Georgia internationally.
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We continue our legal fight against the Russian law

Georgian non-governmental organizations continue their legal fight against the Russian Law. 
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Repressive effects of Russian Law

IDFI presents information about several repressive mechanisms of Russian Law. To whom does the Russian Law apply? What can be requested from people and organizations? What are the sanctions? Will the appeal stop the repressive decisions? Answers to these and other interesting questions can be found in the IDFI's overview.
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Russian Law must be withdrawn unconditionally

On May 14th, the majority members of the Parliament of Georgia acted against the national interests of the Georgian people and the constitution by passing the Russian Law in the third reading. 
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The Russian Law must be withdrawn unconditionally

We, Georgian non-governmental organizations, once again declare that the draft law adopted by the authorities in the second reading is a Russian Law in its goals and content, it is directed against the Western course supported by the Georgian people, and it must be withdrawn unconditionally.
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The Government's Violence Cannot Stop the Georgian People's Aspiration towards the European Future

On the night of May 8, the government's nerves failed, and they prematurely revealed their intentions for Georgia's future. 
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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) urges the Georgian government to withdraw the Russian Law

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) urges the Georgian government to withdraw the draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, and failure to address the concerns could end in the cessation of membership in the OGP.
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IDFI's remark on the attack against the Executive Director of the organization

Today, on the 7th of May, at around 16:00, in the vicinity of the Embassy of Sweden in Tbilisi, while communicating with the media, an unknown person attacked the Executive Director of IDFI, Giorgi Kldiashvili. 
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