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Georgian security services accused of mass-surveillance of public figures

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•3 min read

The Georgian State Security Service (SSG) has been spying on journalists, opposition and ruling party politicians, activists, priests, businesspeople, and other public figures, according to documents reportedly leaked to pro-opposition TV station Mtavari Arkhi. Those allegedly whose conversations were reportedly tapped included President Salome Zurabishvili, Culture Minister Tea Tsulukiani, and Film Director Goga Khaindrava. During the programme Mtavari Aktsentebi (main accents) on Sunday, t

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Georgia’s perpetual system of illegal surveillance

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

The Georgian government has shown no enthusiasm for changing its long-condemned secret surveillance system, which grants the authorities direct access to mobile operators, leading to illegal surveillance. Their reluctance to give up on this defective approach has led rights organisations to boycott the working group on a new bill in parliament. Until 2014, Georgian investigative bodies had direct access to phone lines and metadata (the time, location, and duration calls) without any kind of