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State Security Service irrationally spends budgetary and human resources

The State Security Service has been investigating criminal cases, which by their nature do not fit into its work direction.

10.06.2024
What will South Ossetia's de facto parliament look like in the next five years?

So-called parliamentary elections were held in the occupied Tskhinvali region on June 9, 2024. Seven political unions took part in the illegitimate elections.

10.06.2024
Who is afraid of democracy in Sokhumi and Tbilisi?

On June 6, the Democracy Research Institute held a discussion on the topic: Who is afraid of democracy in Sokhumi and Tbilisi? 

07.06.2024
What is happening in Abkhazia against the backdrop of the current political crisis in Tbilisi?

Abkhazians fear that if Georgia refuses the western course of its development, Abkhazia might be divided by the authorities of Georgia and the occupying Russia.

07.06.2024
Democracy Research Institute assesses situation of those arrested during the protests against the Russian law

The Democracy Research Institute defends the interests of Omar Okribelashvili and Saba Meparishvili, who were detained during the protests against the Russian law.

30.05.2024
Sokhumi is delaying the consideration of the foreign agents law. At the same time, pressure on NGO operating in occupied Gali

Discussions and concerns about the draft law on agents of foreign influence have not subsided in Abkhazia. 

24.05.2024
Muhajirism without Georgian Government’s political assessment
On May 21, our Abkhaz compatriots commemorate the tragic date of the beginning of the Muhajirism of Muslim Abkhazians.
21.05.2024
32 years have passed since the tragedy of Zari
May 20, the Ossetian people recall the most horrific date of the 1991-1992 Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
20.05.2024
DRI: Physical retaliation against protestors cannot be considered a legitimate police measure

The Democracy Research Institute echoes the cases of physical retaliation against participants in the rally by the employees of the riot police on the territory adjacent to the Parliament on May 13, which cannot be considered legal police measures.

13.05.2024
DRI: Violence against civilians and civil activists is normalized by the authorities
On May 10, 2024, at about 11:00 pm, dozens of representatives of special forces brutally assaulted a citizen, who was driving his car on Leonidze Street, in the presence of his family members.
11.05.2024