Detention of ethnic Georgians on charges of espionage continue in occupied Abkhazia.
Since the end of 2025, the movement permits of most residents of the Akhalgori district have expired.
The detention of Abkhaz lawyer Irakli Bzhinava in Russia on February 5 appears to be part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to advance the annexation of Abkhazia.
The Democracy Research Institute condemns the detention of Georgian civil and human rights activist Tamar Mearakishvili in the occupied Akhalgori.
The initiative of the GD to abolish the administration of the administrative-territorial unit created on the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region contradicts the national interests of Georgia.
On September 27, Russian occupation forces abducted 4 minors from the occupation line in the village of Tamarasheni, Kareli district.
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.
Political repression continues in the de facto republic of South Ossetia.
The people of Akhalgori continue to face restrictions on movement, which are aimed at deepening the humanitarian crisis in the region.
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.
