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Datablog | Trust and political independence in Georgia’s interior ministry

by Tinatin Bandzeladze

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A CRRC survey found that trust in Georgia’s Interior Ministry and the police is closely tied to perception of the ministry’s political independence, or lack thereof. In summer 2022, CRRC Georgia and the Social Justice Center partnered on a nationwide public opinion survey on state and personal security. It found that while the Interior Ministry was one of the most trusted institutions in the country, many respondents were concerned that the ministry lacks transparency and political impartiali

The facade of the parliament building in Tbilisi following the March foreign agent law protests. Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Freedom of Assembly

Police confiscate anti-government banners and detain protester in Tbilisi

by Tata Shoshiashvili

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Police confiscated and damaged banners held by protesters in front of Georgia’s parliament on the evening of 1 June. On the same evening, police detained the father of foreign agent law protester Lazare Grigoriadis, who was demanding his son’s release. Activists from civil anti-government organisation GEUT (Stubborn) were protesting Prime Minister Gharibashvili’s statement on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was caused by Ukraine’s intention to join NATO. [Read on OC Media: Georgia