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Georgia’s Tired Democracy and the Woman Who Keeps It Awake
Quelle: IPN.ge In Georgia these days, if you keep your eyes open, you can witness something that feels as though it belongs to another era. On Rustaveli Avenue, in the very heart of Tbilisi, stands a small, elderly woman with a firm gaze and a Georgian flag in her hand. Her name is Aza Chilachava , seventy-one years old, displaced from Gagra (Abkhazia) , now a symbol of the moral stubbornness that has become rare in this country. Standing on the asphalt, facing the police, sh


How Wolfgang Herrmann gives Georgian authoritarianism a German shine
It's a familiar spectacle: When an authoritarian regime has lost all credibility among its own population, it seeks out foreign faces—professors, experts, "friends of Georgia"—to maintain the veneer of normality. In Georgia, this face today bears the name of Wolfgang Herrmann , a German academic who, with obvious joy, appears in front of the cameras of pro-government broadcasters to legitimize Bidzina Ivanishvili's oligarchic system. Herrmann plays the role perfectly: He spe


Open Letter to the Governments and Parliaments of Europe “Europe Must Not Watch Again”
“Europe Must Not Watch Again” To the governments and parliaments of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark,...


Data, pressure, democracy: Interview with Saba Brachveli on the attack on Georgia's civil society
On June 17, several Georgian human rights organizations received a court order requiring them to hand over highly sensitive personal data...
Goga Machavariani
Jun 23
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