In pictures | Georgians defeat the foreign agent law

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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tbilisi for a second evening of protests on 8 March against Georgia’s draft foreign agent law.

Protesters attempted to place the parliament under siege, blocking the entrances in order to prevent the ruling Georgian Dream party from voting through the bill.

Police responded with force, deploying pepper spray, tear gas, and water cannons to push protesters back.

Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law

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Volodymyr Soboliev •

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United Neutral Georgia. Screengrab from Imedia live broadcast.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian pro-government group calls for ‘cleansing’ of opposition voters

Shota Kincha

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The pro-government United Neutral Georgia group has advocated for opposition voters to be identified and prosecuted after Georgia’s 26 October parliamentary elections. On Tuesday morning, the group stated that Georgia remained afflicted by ‘revolutionary scenarios’, ‘pseudo-liberalism’, and ‘polarisation’ imposed from abroad. They said that Georgia’s opposition forces were ‘rootless spies’ supported by their ‘outside patrons’ as well as Georgians who vote for them in the elections. ‘When

Georgia's Constitutional Court. Official photo.

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Georgian Constitutional Court declines to suspend foreign agent law

OC Media

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The Constitutional Court of Georgia has declined a motion to suspend the foreign agent law pending a final ruling on its constitutionality. On Wednesday, the court announced it had agreed to hear the case against the law, more than a month after four separate lawsuits against it were filed and merged into one appeal. According to their decision, none of the law’s articles will be suspended until the case is resolved. Two of the eight judges, Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze and Teimuraz Tughushi,

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Who’s who in Georgia’s parliamentary elections?

Shota Kincha

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Georgians will go to the polls on 26 October in crucial parliamentary elections. Unlike in previous years, this election will be held under a fully proportional system. This means parties will be allocated a percentage of parliament’s 150 seats based entirely on the percentage of votes they receive nationwide, doing away with elections for individual MPs in single-seat constituencies. However, despite calls from many smaller parties, and despite previously promising the opposite, the ruling

Independent candidates Shafag Mayilova (left) and Ulduz Guliyeva (right) in front of the Central Election Commission. Photo: Ulviyaa Ali.

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Azerbaijani independent candidates call for investigation into electoral fraud

Aytan Farhadova

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A group of independent candidates who stood in 1 September’s parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan have called on the Central Election Commission (CEC) to launch an investigation into electoral fraud in the elections. During and after the vote, photos and footage portraying widespread electoral violations appeared on social media. According to the chairman of the CEC, Mazahir Panahov, applications recording voting violations ‘will be sent to the relevant district election commissions imm