The political crisis in occupied Abkhazia is entering a more radical phase, marked by efforts to neutralize the opposition. 

DRI responds to the footage released yesterday, 12 June, by Nodar Meladze on TV Pirveli, which appears to document acts of torture and inhuman treatment committed by police officers. 

Georgia's criminal justice policy has shifted markedly towards repressive justice, pushing the country's penitentiary system to the brink of critical overcrowding.

In Abkhazia, corruption has long since exceeded the bounds of isolated offences and has become a systemic crisis encompassing all spheres of governance. 

On 14 May, the DRI submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the case of Akhalgori activist Tamar Mearakishvili. 

“Georgian Dream” party is beginning to establish total control over the social sphere. 

The case of former de facto deputies of South Ossetia’s de facto parliament, David Sanakoyev, Garry Muldarov and Dzambolat Medoyev, who are appealing the decision to revoke their citizenship of the Russian Federation, remains unresolved to date.

To silence critical media, “Georgian Dream” tries to use financial sanctions. Following several television, online and radio broadcasters, regional media have now also been affected. 

Issuance of movement permits, required for travel within and beyond Akhalgori district, has been resumed. 

New Cases Submitted by the Democracy Research Institute Registered at the European Court of Human Rights have been registered.