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On Wednesday afternoon, Baseley’s partner Maria Kaplina shared that he had been able to make a call after being detained at Tbilisi airport for 17 hours without his phone. She added that representatives from the Czech Consulate were working on his case. Baseley was commissioned by the Ukrainian media outlet the Kyiv Indepedent to cover Georgia’s parliamentary elections on 26 October. According to the Deputy Chief Editor of Kyiv Independent, Toma Istomina, Baseley had previously worked for the

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Screenshots of Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac’s coverage of Georgian politics and elections.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Azerbaijani state media cover Georgian Dream’s pre-election campaign

Over the last month, Azerbaijan’s official government news agency Azertac has published multiple articles focusing on ethnic Azerbaijani candidates running for the ruling Georgian Dream party, while failing to provide a platform for Azerbaijani opposition candidates.  On 16 October, Azertac interviewed Georgian Dream MP Zaur Darghalli, who said that his party had guaranteed stability in Georgia, and elaborated on how it was able to keep the peace for the last 12 years.  ‘These elections are

Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in Goris, south-east Armenia, in September 2023. Photo: Arshaluys Barseghyan/OC Media
Armenia

Armenia extends protection status for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians

Armenia has extended the protection status for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, without which they would not be able to leave the country. On Thursday, the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the status of protection granted to Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians was extended until 31 December 2025, with the possibility of further extension. This status was given to over 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians who did not apply for Armenian citizenship following the mass displacement in 2023. 

Օpposition activist Rubik Hakobyan being removed from parliament. Image via Armenpress.
Armenia

Opposition and ruling party exchange insults following hearing on Armenia’s independence declaration

Armenia’s opposition has held a hearing in defence of the inclusion of the Declaration of Independence in Armenia’s constitution, with opposition figures insulting supporters and members of the ruling party. The opposition Armenia Alliance faction held the hearing on Thursday to discuss the draft statement regarding the inviolable relevance of Armenia’s Declaration of Independence. The hearing took place against the backdrop of continued statements from Azerbaijan that the inclusion of the d

Wednesday, 16.10
An Armenian soldier on the border with Azerbaijan. Photo: Tom Videlo/OC Media.
Armenia

Armenia’s ruling party faces criticism over soldier non-combat deaths

Human rights activist Zaruhi Hovhannisyan has slammed the Deputy Chair of the Armenian Parliament’s Defence Committee, Armen Khachatryan, for attempting to downplay the responsibility of the authorities in the non-combat deaths of soldiers.  ‘In our civilian life, we have many suicides, we have many accidents. I don’t know why you don’t talk about it, the reasons for those suicides’, Khachatryan said on Tuesday, in response to a question regarding the recent death of a soldier outside of comba

TikTok. OC Media
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Deep fakes ‘target’ Georgian opposition on TikTok ahead of elections

A Georgian elections watchdog has published a report outlining the increased use of AI technology in the pre-election period, including the creation of deep fakes based on opposition politicians. On Tuesday, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) reported that anonymous actors had used AI technologies to forge the voices of Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and For Georgia chair Giorgi Gakharia in videos shared on social media. According to ISFED, one such a

Image via Civilnet.
Armenia

Peace talks flounder as Armenia pushes for deal with Azerbaijan before COP29

Peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to be at a standstill as Armenia continues to push for an agreement to be signed ahead of November’s COP29 summit in Baku. On Tuesday, Sargis Khandanyan, an MP from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, told Armenpress that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan offered to organise a meeting to conclude and sign a peace agreement ahead of the summit, which is scheduled to be held in Baku between 11–22 November. He said that Pashinyan made the offer

Tuesday, 15.10
Kakha Kaladze. Image from the screengrab of TV channel Kavkasia’s footage.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream’s Kaladze labels German deputy foreign minister ‘ordinary Kubilius in a dress’

Georgian Dream General Secretary Kakha Kaladze has called Germany’s deputy foreign minister an ‘ordinary Kubilius in a dress’ after she said that his party is ‘creating obstacles’ on the path to EU membership. ‘I don’t know who that lady is. She’s just an ordinary Kubilius in a dress,’ Kaladze remarked on Monday, in response to criticism from Anna Lührmann, Germany’s Minister of State for Europe and Climate. He was comparing her to former Lithuanian Prime Minister and current MEP Andrius Kubil

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