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Explanatory Media Platform from Georgia 🇬🇪 | Covering #GeorgiaProtests and more

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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🇬🇪| This week’s Georgia: Explained is out. One year of daily protests, BBC Eye’s investigation into a banned toxic chemical used on protesters, and the arrest of Aleko Elisashvili after trying to burn the City Court chancellery: shorturl.at/ji0V5
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
NEW: Over the past week, Georgian Dream regime launched new criminal cases against opposition leaders, opened investigations against ex-PM Giorgi Gakharia, moved to strip the diaspora of voting rights, and kept chasing protesters through Tbilisi’s streets: shorturl.at/TK9H4
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🇬🇪| On October 4, Georgian Dream held local elections boycotted by almost all opposition parties. Only two, who were originally part of the protest movement, decided to still participate even though polls showed that the majority of the protest electorate opposed it. 1/
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Protesters broke through security outside the president's office. Police used tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray against the demonstrators. #GeorgiaProtests photo: @GeorgeGogua
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Protesters broke through security outside the president's office. Police used tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray against the demonstrators. #GeorgiaProtests photo: George Gogua
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🇬🇪 | Situation outside the president's office. Protesters clash with police. Police use water cannon, tear gas and pepper spray against protesters #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🇬🇪 | Liberty Square, Tbilisi. #GeorgiaProtests, Day 311
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🇬🇪 People are marching from Tbilisi State University towards Rustaveli Avenue. #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🇬🇪 “Till the end” — Students and professors are preparing to march from Tbilisi State University to Rustaveli Avenue, where today’s mass rally will take place alongside the boycotted local elections. #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The organizers of today’s protest are setting up the stage on Liberty Square, while the courtyards of the Parliament and Tbilisi City Council are packed with minibuses full of Special Task Force officers. #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The mothers of prisoners of conscience are making sandwiches for protesters traveling from other cities for today’s mass rally. #GeorgiaProtesters
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🇬🇪 | Georgia heads into a critical day after 310 days of daily protests and with more than 65 political prisoners, including journalists and opposition leaders. Everything you need to know about October 4 #GeorgiaProtests 🧵 1/6
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
1/ Giorgi Bachiashvili, former aide and business partner of Bidzina Ivanishvili, alleges he was kidnapped abroad on May 24, blindfolded for two days, and forcibly flown to Tbilisi on an Airzena (Georgian Airways) Bombardier plane. He appeared in court today, May 30.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
1/ Nika Melia, co-chairman of the Ahali Party and member of the Coalition for Change, was arrested yesterday evening, one day before his scheduled court hearing on charges related to his refusal to pay bail for non-compliance with a Georgian Dream-led parliamentary commission.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The co-chairman of the Ahali Party faces charges for refusing to participate in Georgian Dream’s parliamentary investigative commission. 1/
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This morning, Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri, announced his resignation. Gomelauri, sanctioned by the UK, USA under the Magnitsky Act, and the Baltic States, has been one of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s closest aides since the latter’s rise to prominence. 1/
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
May 26, Independence Day of Georgia and 180th day of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
1/ Georgia is witnessing a series of arrests targeting opposition leaders who have refused to comply with a controversial parliamentary investigative commission.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“Right now, the clock is ticking for Georgian democracy, its media, and civil society.” Hear an excerpt from Giorgi Gogua, our editor-in-chief’s, speech at #CDS2025. Full speech below👇 #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1/ Irakli Garibashvili, Chairman of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, resigned from politics today, citing his belief that he is no longer fit for the role. The move comes amid rumors of a rift with GD founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
1/ On April 10, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution sharply criticizing Georgia’s ongoing democratic regression. It urges the ruling Georgian Dream party to implement past recommendations, which remain unfulfilled.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The event Irakli Kobakhidze refers to is the April 9, 1989, Tbilisi massacre, where Soviet troops killed 21 Georgians, mostly young women, with shovels and tanks during a peaceful pro-independence protest.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🇬🇪 | People are paying tribute to the victims of the April 9, 1989, massacre. Last night, family members of political prisoners spent the night on Rustaveli Avenue. It’s day 133 of the nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Family members of political prisoners will hold an overnight vigil outside Parliament, marking the symbolic date of April 9, 1989, when Soviet troops killed 21 Georgians on Rustaveli Avenue during protests for Georgia’s independence.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Watch scenes from Tbilisi as journalists and students march together toward Rustaveli Avenue. It’s day 132 of the nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
1/ Indigo Magazine journalist Saba Sordia remains in a detention facility following his arrest by Georgian police on April 6, 2025. The Ministry of Internal Affairs press office claims the arrest stemmed from Sordia’s alleged disobedience to a police request.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1/3: Grigol Liluashvili, until recently the head of Georgia’s State Security Service, will not take up his newly assigned position as a minister in the Regional Development Ministry, Irakli Kobakhidze announced today.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In a Facebook post, Tornike Rizhvadze announced his resignation as head of Adjara’s Autonomous Republic, expressing gratitude to Bidzina Ivanishvili and affirming his continued loyalty as a “soldier” of the Georgian Dream party.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🇬🇪 1/ Near the Parliament building, parents and family members of regime prisoners issued a joint statement today, announcing the formation of a new public movement: "Freedom for Prisoners of Conscience." They are launching a fresh wave of resistance against the government.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
All three, along with other opposition figures, have refused to participate in what they describe as a masquerade, and as a result, they now face criminal charges.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Paata Salia has been appointed as the new Minister of Justice, succeeding Anri Okhanashvili. Okhanashvili will transition to the role of head of the State Security Service, replacing Grigol Liluashvili who is set to take charge of a newly established Ministry of Regional Development.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
People are gathering on Rustaveli Avenue for the 124th day of nationwide #GeorgiaProtests as Georgia commemorates 34 years since proclaiming the restoration of its independence from the Soviet Union."
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🇬🇪| On March 31, 1991, Georgia held a crucial referendum on restoring its independence from the Soviet Union. An overwhelming 98.9% of voters—millions of Georgians—said “Yes.” In this video, President Zviad Gamsakhurdia announces the historic results:
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
1/ Elene Khoshtaria, leader of Georgia’s opposition Droa! movement, has been released after detention. She reports abuse and mistreatment by police. The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament has issued a strong condemnation of her arrest and alleged torture.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Statement By Georgian Photojournalists And Documentary Photographers — @worldpressphoto.bsky.social
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Happening now on Rustaveli Avenue. Day 121 of nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
1/ Austria’s Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger sharply criticized Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party during a press conference with Georgia’s FM Maka Bochorishvili, condemning violence against protesters and setbacks in Georgia’s EU integration process.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🇬🇪 1/ Over 102 civil society organizations have issued a joint statement condemning a new law proposed by Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, warning it further erodes the country’s already fragile democracy.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Georgian Dream Secretary General and Tbilisi Mayor Kaladze last week claimed Senator Jim Risch “serves Deep State” President Donald Trump fights. Today, President Trump lauded Risch as “exceptional” for America First agenda.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
1/ Luka Ekhvaia, ex-TikTok influencer and pro-China analyst, is now adviser on international affairs to Georgian Dream’s newly appointed President Mikheil Kavelashvili. This move signals Georgian Dream’s push to shift the nation’s geopolitical stance. Why does it matter? 🧵
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🇬🇪 | Happening now on Rustaveli Avenue: Day 112 of nationwide #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🇬🇪 1/3: Georgian Dream party is pushing a “drug policy reform” that would enforce “mandatory treatment” as punishment for drug-related offenses, raising fears of repressive measures.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🇬🇪 1/2: The PoG claims the move is part of a sprawling criminal investigation targeting “acts of sabotage, attempted sabotage under aggravating circumstances, and financial support for foreign-linked hostile activities” in connection with the #GeorgiaProtests.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Per Nanuka Zhorzholiani, the state has seized not just her Nanuka's Fund but all funds aiding #GeorgiaProtests, supporting those fined, arrested, or jobless due to the unrest. Follow for updates.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Breaking: Accounts of Nanuka's Fund, launched by journalist Nanuka Zhorzholiani to aid #GeorgiaProtests and political prisoners, seized by state. “Bank says Tbilisi City Court requested it,” Zhorzholiani reports. No further details.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
1/ Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s third president, has been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for illegally crossing the Georgian border, a ruling announced by Judge Mikheil Jinjoliani today.
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🇬🇪 | Happening now: Protesters are marching from the Public Broadcaster towards Rustaveli Avenue, which has been blocked for 107 consecutive days. “We remember the days of terror! Free the prisoners!” they chant. #GeorgiaProtests
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🇬🇪 | Protesters have gathered in front of the Public Broadcaster as students of the Theater and Film State University are supposed to get the airtime they demanded two days ago, following GPB’s interview with the university’s rector. #GeorgiaProtests, Day 107
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“Fire to the Oligarchy” – Day 107 of the #GeorgiaProtests in the seaside town of Batumi. Video: t.me/preludia22
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64 Project @64project.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
1/6: Following public outcry, the rector of the Theater and Film State University (TFSU) has decided not to expel students who took part in sit-in protests. #GeorgiaProtests
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