The Soviet Methods Used by The Georgian Dream to Censor a Film
Tear Gas 19 is a fictional film set against the backdrop of the protests in Tbilisi, which have been taking place daily for the past two years.
Georgia: A Transit Country for Circumventing Sanctions Imposed on Russia
There is countless evidence of the “Georgian Dream” party’s subservience to Russian power, ranging from the abandonment of the bid to join the European Union to the array of repressive laws that stifle all democratic life.
Russian laws
To understand how the so-called “foreign agents” bill, conceived by the Georgian government, triggered a huge wave of protest, which has still not subsided, we need to go back a few years to Russia.
The dictatorship strides forward
Georgia has begun its drift towards “illiberal democracies”. Clément Girardot, a French journalist based in Tbilisi, recently paid the price.
War and peace
In March 2022, as soon as Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine broke out, the “Georgian Dream”, then in power in Georgia for ten years, abruptly took an anti-Western, anti-democratic turn. Since then, it has used a discourse with conspiracy overtones, modelled on that of the Kremlin, to play on fears, get rid of the opposition and justify its repressive policies.
The ‘Georgian Dream’ … in failure!
The ‘Georgian Dream’, which is establishing its dictatorship in Georgia, knows the critical position of the diaspora towards it, and the electoral and financial weight it represents. It has tried to “neutralize” the Georgian Association, but without success.
New media in Georgia
Arrests, pressure, fines and financial constraints imposed daily by the government, which is expanding its repressive measures every day, are not succeeding in silencing the opposition media. We celebrate the birth of new “voices” that we invite you to listen to and support.