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Georgia Meets International Human Rights Day without Human Rights

Georgia marks December 10, 2025 – an international Human Rights Day – virtually without human rights. 

09.12.2025
DRI: Voters most critical towards Georgian Dream will no longer be able to participate in the elections

Georgian Dream’s new initiative, according to which polling stations abroad will no longer be opened during the Georgian parliamentary elections and voters critical towards the party will be restricted from going to polls, is unconstitutional. 

18.11.2025
Granting Government Administration unlimited access to tax and personal data is another step towards total control

GD parliament has expedited the consideration of a draft law, through which the Government Administration will be granted unlimited access to tax and personal data, including special category data, kept in public institutions. 

13.11.2025
Georgian Dream accelerates Georgia’s isolation from the democratic world by charges of sabotage and banning of parties

After the European Commission published a harsh assessment about Georgia, the Prosecutor’s Office charged opposition leaders with serious crimes against the State.

06.11.2025
DRI: Repressive legislative amendments completely abolish freedom of assembly and expression

DRI echoes another repressive and authoritarian legislative initiative intorduced in the one-party Parliament, the purpose of which is to completely disregard the right to assembly and expression.

13.10.2025
ქართული უფლებადაცვითი ორგანიზაციების ერთობლივი განცხადება

იურიდიული დახმარების ქსელი ყოველდღიურ რეჟიმში შეზღუდული რესურსებით აგრძელებს შეკრებისა და გამოხატვის თავისუფლებით სარგებლობისას დაზარალებული პირების უფლებების დაცვას.

10.10.2025
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
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: Persons responsible for Giorgi Akhobadze's 8-month illegal detention must be held accoutnable

DRI echoes the judgment passed on August 8 by Judge Romeo Tkeshelashvili, according to which, after almost 8 months of detention, political prisoner Giorgi Akhobadze was found not guilty due to lack of evidence.

11.08.2025
DRI: Along with strengthening partisan influences in the judicial system, constitutional rights are being completely ignored

The Democracy Research Institute echoes another cycle of repressive legislation introduced by the illegitimate legislative body, which is being considered in an accelerated manner. 

24.06.2025