In Georgia, while 2024–2026 is described as a period of significant deterioration in media rights, signs of increased state-led political influence over independent and public-interest media had become visible earlier.

Since 2024, Georgia’s legal and institutional framework has been changing at an unusually rapid pace. 

The Law on Grants is not a standalone regulation. It forms part of a layered legislative framework developed since 2023 that also includes the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence. 

For years, representatives of the ruling party individuals critical of the authorities, while law enforcement agencies have systematically failed to ensure adequate protection for these groups.

In Georgia, across protest cycles from 2019 to 2026, a consistent pattern has emerged: disproportionate and at times prohibited force against demonstrators.

Children in Georgia are growing up in an environment that fails to effectively address social vulnerability.

The mass arrests of protest participants in Georgia between 2024 and 2026 brought into sharp focus the scale and purpose of the state’s surveillance infrastructure.

Over the course of 2025, Georgia fundamentally transformed its system of administrative sanctions for public assemblies.

The legislative process carried out by Georgian Dream in 2024-2025 is directed against human rights and democratic principles. 

The document provides an analysis of local and international practice from legislative, social, and political perspectives.