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Mamuka Mdinaradze

Mamuka Mdinaradze

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US State Deparment spokesperson Matthew Miller. Photo: state.gov.
Freedom of the Press

US State Department says to ‘stay tuned’ for possible Georgia sanctions

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US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has told reporters to ‘stay tuned’ regarding possible sanctions on Georgian officials responsible for reintroducing the foreign agent bill. Answering journalists’ questions on Monday, Miller stated that adopting the foreign agent law ‘would derail Georgia from its European path’. ‘We are concerned that the legislation would impede independent media organisations working to provide access for Georgian citizens to high-quality information’, he sa

Mamuka Mdinaradze. Screengrab via Facebook.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream announces draft law against ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’

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The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced that it will prepare a draft law to ‘protect’ society from ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’, which appears to be aimed at countering queer rights advocacy. The chair of the party’s parliamentary faction, Mamuka Mdinaradze, stated at a briefing on Thursday that the ruling team would take two weeks to work on the bill before presenting it to parliament.  Mdinaradze stated that while human rights in Georgia were ‘protected at a high level, regardless of

Mamuka Mdinaradze, Irakli Kobakhidze, Irakli Gharibashvili in October 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.
Feature Stories

Georgian Dream ramps up homophobic rhetoric as Pride Week approaches

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In recent months, senior figures in the ruling Georgian Dream party have increased and intensified their homophobic rhetoric, accusing a fast food restaurant of distributing ‘LGBT propaganda’, and suggesting that students need to enter heterosexual relationships and ‘reproduce’. Georgia’s Prime Minister, ruling party chair, and parliamentary faction chair have all made pointed homophobic statements in recent months, warning against queer ‘propaganda’ and accusing young people of having ‘messed

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