Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze sharply criticized the United Kingdom on December 9, insisting that London should apologize for what he called a "falsehood" in a BBC investigation that suggested Georgian authorities might have used a military-grade chemical compound during the December 2024 protests.
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The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association marked Human Rights Day on December 10 with a report describing 2025 as a year in which key democratic freedoms were sharply restricted. In its 48-page assessment, the organization said, "Two thousand twenty-five is the year of curtailed freedoms," adding that autocratic lawmaking and disproportionate limits on civil liberties placed heavy pressure on expression, assembly, and association.
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"TI Georgia Says Activist's Conviction Shows Political Retaliation"
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