Georgia: Rustavi2 Claims Temporary Victory in Ownership Fight
The European Court of Human Rights on March 7 extended its freeze on a controversial court decision allowing an ownership change at Georgia’s largest private TV station, Rustavi2, that observers...
View ArticleGeorgia: First Daughter Claims Drug Raid Aimed at President Giorgi...
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili’s daughter, Ana Margvelashvili, has accused the police of fabricating evidence of illegal-drug possession against her friends and family members in possible...
View ArticleJournalist Vanishes from Georgia, Resurfaces in Azerbaijani Jail
The murky disappearance of an Azerbaijani journalist from Tbilisi and his sudden reappearance in Baku have deepened concerns that Georgia, for all its reputation as a developing democracy, may, in...
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Georgia: Tbilisi Protests Azerbaijani Journalist’s Kidnapping
Photographer: Giorgi Lomsadze As the trial of abducted Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli opened in Baku, protesters on May 31 gathered in Tbilisi to demand that the Georgian government explain...
View ArticleGeorgia Fears Reputation for Hospitality at Risk over Azerbaijani...
Many Georgians perceive the recent kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli from Tbilisi as a breach of Georgia's venerated hospitality traditions, on a par with an attack on free media and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Tags Armenia, Georgia in Journalist Kidnapping
It only took so much time before Azerbaijan blamed Armenia for the scandalous abduction of an Azerbaijani journalist from Georgia, even though a senior Azerbaijani parliament member had just said that...
View ArticleGeorgia: Still Waiting for Results from Azerbaijani Journalist Kidnapping...
Just over a month since the kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli from Tbilisi, the Georgian government still has no official explanation for his disappearance from the Georgian capital...
View ArticleGeorgia: Still No Answers for Azerbaijani Journalist's Kidnapping
Three months have passed, but, still, Azerbaijani reporter Leyla Mustafayeva has no explanation from the Georgian government for how her husband, investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, disappeared...
View ArticleCiting Intimidation, Embattled Azerbaijani Journalist Leaves Georgia
Fearing for her safety and that of her daughter, Azerbaijani reporter Leyla Mustafayeva, wife of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, has fled Georgia and received temporary asylum in...
View ArticleGeorgia: Athletes, Politicians Back Soccer Player’s Support for LGBT Rights
Georgian soccer player Guram Kashia faces an outcry at home over his choice to express support for gay rights in the Netherlands, but support from Georgian fans, athletes and politicians, including...
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