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Threats, intimidation and political control by the head of the State Security Service against freedom of expression

The new head of the State Security Service, Mamuka Mdinaradze, made a number of threatening statements in an interview with Imedi TV on October 1.

02.10.2025
Illegal arrests and borderization — Georgian citizens still targeted by Russian occupation

On September 27, Russian occupation forces abducted 4 minors from the occupation line in the village of Tamarasheni, Kareli district. 

29.09.2025
Another target of repressions of Ivanishvili-Kuprashvili’s Anti-Corruption Bureau is Democracy Research Institute

On September 24, DRI received a letter from Ivanishvili-Kuprashvili’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, according to which proceedings are underway to check the compliance of the activities of the DRI with the Law of Georgia on Grants. 

24.09.2025
Crisis in the de facto South Ossetian healthcare system and persecution of medical personnel

A number of problems in the de facto healthcare system highlight the deep systemic failures that have led the healthcare system of South Ossetia to an acute crisis.

23.09.2025
South Ossetian de facto government intensifies repression against the opposition

Political repression continues in the de facto republic of South Ossetia.

10.09.2025
Restrictions on freedom of movement – the de facto government’s weapon of political retaliation

The people of Akhalgori continue to face restrictions on movement, which are aimed at deepening the humanitarian crisis in the region. 

09.09.2025
The Russian military base in Pichori — a direct threat to the security of Georgia and the Black Sea

The Democracy Research Institute (DRI) has been talking about the threats posed by the presence of the military occupation forces of the Russian Federation in de facto Abkhazia for years. 

08.09.2025
Georgian Dream’s Russian case - Georgia is the main culprit of the 2008 War

The de facto South Ossetian authorites have responded to the report of the Georgian Dream Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission, positively assessing the declaration of the then Georgian Government as the culprit of the war.

08.09.2025
სოლიდარობა – სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების მხარდასაჭერად

ჩვენ გამოვხატავთ ღრმა შეშფოთებას თბილისის საქალაქო სასამართლოს გადაწყვეტილებაზე, რომლის საფუძველზეც ყადაღა დაედო რამდენიმე ცნობილი არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაციის საბანკო ანგარიშებს.

27.08.2025
DRI: Changes in the State Security Service are further evidence of the agency's politicization

On August 23, the Head of the State Security Service, Anri Okhanashvili, unexpectedly resigned after less than 5 months of work. 

23.08.2025