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The Afgan Mukhtarli case: an investigation stalled?

by Gulnur Kazimova

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Since exiled Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli disappeared from Tbilisi, reappearing a day later in an Azerbaijani jail, suspicions of Georgian involvement in his kidnapping have remained. Mukhtarli himself has accused the Georgian government of complicity, and while this is a charge they deny, local rights groups are becoming impatient with the pace and transparency of the official investigation into his disappearance. On 6 February, imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukht

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Voice from Adjara | ‘No one asked why I was crying’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

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Women of Georgia — Tamta Abuselidze, 27 ‘I heard many times of women’s abductions when I was living in the village. And of course, I never thought that it was a good thing, but I also didn’t know it was illegal. They never taught us anything about it at school, there was no literature about it.’ Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspirations, and achievements can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Geo