On August 29, the Imedi TV company released a statement regarding temporary suspension of social-political talk shows. The talk shows Reaktsia and Imedis Kvira will no longer be aired on Imedi TV from the new season. According to the channel&r

On August 31, 2015 the Georgian Dream coalition announced that no fundamental changes to the electoral system were being planned prior to the 2016 parliamentary elections. Instead, the government plans to introduce two changes. Firstly, a new 50% thr

  In July 2015, Ministry of Justice proposed draft legislation on reforming the rules of witness interrogation. The draft is based on the opinions of the special group created under the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. The

  Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the processes of selection and appointment of judges held in July 2015, which were marked with low degree of transparency and openness. On July 20 the process of interviewing ju

  On August 11, upon request of Rustavi 2’s former owner Kibar Khalvashi and his company Panorama LLC, Tbilisi City Court ordered freeze on the assets of TV company Rustavi 2 and restricted some of the functions of its director and stakeh

  The fight against corruption plays a pivotal role in global as well as national development strategies. Public officials, who abuse their office for private gain, not only hamper the proper functioning of public administration, but also e

 On July 19, 2015, the Tbilisi City Court announced its decision in the case of 10 individuals detained during a rally with the slogan ‘No to Panorama’, which had been held in front of the building of the Tbilisi City Council. The interests of t

The legislation on whistleblower protection exists in Georgia since 2009. However, both the existing legislative framework and its enforcement are lackluster. These shortcomings became even more salient in March 2015, when Ruslan Baziashvili, a polic

This study describes the audit reports, prepared by the State Audit Office in 2013-2015. These reports identified some criminal actions. The State Audit Office provided the reports and its findings to the law enforcement agencies for further action.

 We, the signatory organizations, assess the developments that took place before the planned ‘Stop Russia’ rally in front of the Government Chancellery on July 18 as unjustified interference with the right to assembly and expression. The right t