Levan Tsutskiridze
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Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD); democracy, political parties and activism in Eastern Europe; security & strategy; SAISHopkins alumnus
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This is my daughter, posing for a selfie with defamatory and intimidating posters against me in front of our home in Tbilisi. This is the defiance they get in return. They thought they could scare us. Well, I don't think so!
#NotoRussianLaw
#GeorgiaProtests
#TbilisiProtests
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Thosands stayed for an overnight proteat against the Russian law, to once again show our defiance.
Instead of hearing our voices, the govt used brutal force to disperse the peaceful protesters and vote for the third committee hearing in 1 (one!) minute without the presence of
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No to the russian law. We will fight to keep Georgia free, democratic and firmly on its EU path.
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Update from
#TbilisiProtests
and I will try to keep this more regular as time allows:
- yesterday, our numbers surpassed any day before since we began to counteract the Russia-inspired "transparency of foreign influence law," known in Georgia as the "Russian law"
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I've never seen a crowd this big in Tbilisi. I feel privileged to be standing shoulder to shoulder with them.
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How I see the struggle going forward and the need to boycott the companies that support the Russian law in Georgia
#TbilisiProtests
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They've put up these posters on the windows of our office in Tbilisi, saying we are "traitors," "slaves of foreign money" and the like. We are not afraid, these posters will go, they will go, and we will prevail.
#NotoRussianLaw
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Students chanting "a slave!" as the names of those who voted for the russian law with the third hearing is being read out at the rally.
#NoToRussianLaw
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This is from tonight: posters in the entry to my apartment saying "foreign agent." And still
#NoToRussianLaw
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I spoke to the largest public gathering ever in my life on May 11th and wanted to share this, since I think it encapsulates well my point of view and what it is that I am fighting for these days.
#NotoRussianLaw
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- our efforts are constitutional and non-violent
- the government is responsible for breaking its promise, violating the Constitution, and betraying the democratic consensus of Georgians to seek EU membership.
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- contrary to what they anticipated, the time favors the public and their domestic public support plunges
- we need our partners to impose costs on the government for their actions. So far words have been good and helpful. Action is needed
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- while the government puts on a brave face, they face mounting odds:
- the rally they organized (and spent millions) started to disperse the moment it began, showing a demoralized crowd unwilling to be there at all
- our rallies are strong, growing &standing from dusk to down
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- this shows that the opposition is national and genuine. That there is strong motivation to oppose it and there is the capability to organize independently
- it was a stark difference from the governmental rally, which we surpassed without a centralized effort &organized bussing
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This is Georgia I love: Fearless, defiant, organized, democratic.
We will prevail!
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They've lost the battle of arguments. They've lost the battle for public opinion. They've lost the battle for supporters in the streets. What's left? Using a mob to scare us away? Won't work. What then? Then is a collapse with their names written in the annals of shame forever.
An unidentified man violently assaulted Giorgi Kldiashvili, director of Institute for Development of Freedom of Information
@IDFIGeorgia
as well as a crew of Formula TV outside the Embassy of Sweden to Georgia as Mr Kldiashvili was making a press comment following a meeting at
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- I say this also because it will show that our friends in democracies are ready to walk the walk. It will have a strong moral and political effect
- Our partners must not back down from their existing plans to support independent voices. Rather now is the time to level up
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- the protest is growing. Yesterday, we witnessed unprecedented self-mobilization and crowdfunding from various cities: Batumi, Kutaisi, Telavi and other cities to get together and arrive in Tbilisi for protests
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The Georgian government is marking "Family Sanctity Day" today, while my family is being harassed daily with threatening phone calls and posters in front of our office and apartment. In the last few days, a strange band of men started to appear in front of the entrance to our apt
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Ucha Abashidze, one of the most popular military bloggers, also known for his pro-Ukrainian positions was arrested just now. The police searched his apt and questioned him for hours without admitting his lawyers, therefore blatantly violating his rights.
#NoToRussianLaw
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GD claims victory in every municipality except one. This is the state of democracy for Georgia in 2021. Reminds me of Russia or China rather than a democracy. Source:
@CivilEC_
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I was a recent graduate 18 yrs ago at an important crossroad of either remaining in Georgia or pursuing career elsewhere. The Rose Revolution made me stay and do what I do now. Do I have doubts? You bet. Do I regret it? Never. Still believe this country deserves & can do better.
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2 more opposition activists have been physically assaulted tonight. This is how the Georgian government celebrates the EU days in Tbilisi.
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Some incredible footage from yesterday.
Even though the Parliament's Russian Dream party adopted Russian law in the third hearing, there is a veto ahead - and this image of people pushing police back is truly a masterpiece: light vs dark, democracy vs autocracy, the FREE people of Georgia against Russian law.
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On this day 1989, Soviet Army butchered our peaceful protesters. They did it most brutally: with their shovels and gas. April 9 was my formative event. I will work & fight against what this antihuman system represents, now in the face of a Modern Russia. Photo - National Archives
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This is a bold step towards finally undoing what is left of the Georgian democracy.
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disgusting to even share this, but no, I have to, for everyone to see what we are dealing with
Georgian Dream MP Beka Odisharia lashed out at female MPs who accused him of being corrupt during Parliamentary debate on abolishing women's quotas.
#GenderQuotas
#ParliamentofGeorgia
#Georgia
#GeorgianDream
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In this video, a leading GD MP, Nino Tsilosani accuses me of hackling at her during the interview (on the day she was voting for overcoming the Presidential veto on the Russian Law). I fully share the sentiments of those neighbors and drivers who called her a "traitor" and a
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In 2001-2003 The Government of Eduard Shevardnadze wanted to impose financial restrictions on NGOs, under the guise of "fighting destabilization and terrorism". In 2011, the United National Movement developed a draft to ban the work of NGOs working on political party development.
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This is what I had to say yesterday. It's all in GE but for my Georgian speaking friends, who could not hear due to a historically large crowd yesterday. Largest ever, perhaps.
#NoToRussianLaw
#Georgia
#Tbilisi
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We, Georgian civil society representatives strongly condemn the continuous verbal assaults of the Georgian prime minister
@PM_Kobakhidze
against the German Ambassador to
#Georgia
,
@Diplo_Peter
.
We express our full support to Ambassador Peter Fischer and highly value his
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It was a big day for Georgian football and a good performance as Georgia played its first-ever match at the European Championship. The gods of Football were looking after the other side today, but better days are yet to come. Here, the neighborhood is immersed in the game,
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Threatening phone calls from foreign numbers are being made to many of us with a role in the opposition to the "Russian Law" in Georgia. They tried to reach me, called my wife (got back a strong response!) and tried to reach my elder daughter! We are not afraid!
#NoToRussianLaw
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What an ominous day this 25th of February. In 1921 the Russian Red Army entered Tbilisi to put a violent end to the young and vibrant Georgian democracy. Today, they are working to encircle and subdue Kyiv. I pray they fail, I hope they do.
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These are the numbers of road fatalities for the last five years in Georgia. Instead of feeding the public all sorts of conspiracy theories about some "global war party" and "LGBT annexation" the government must try and solve real issues of life and death in this country.
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Protest in Tbilisi grows as people take to the streets to express their anger about the visit of Russian parliamentarians for the conference as one of them was even allowed to take the seat of the Chair of the Parliament to lead the meeting.
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Georgian Dream makes a deliberate and calculated move to derail the country from its EU path
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On this day in 2008, Russia attacked Georgia within its internationally recognized borders. It continues to occupy Abkhazia and South Ossetia, has expelled the Georgian population and continues to uphold the modern day regimes based on the ethnic 'cleansing of Georgians.
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Great to meet Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
@JamesCleverly
today in
#Tbilisi
. Good exchange on situation in Georgia. Thanks, UK for all your support to the Georgian citizens and to our democracy.
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Why should Georgia not offer its peacekeeping/monitoring role to Azerbaijan & Armenia shall such an option be ever discussed? We have the neutrality (way stronger than Russians)+int. mil. experience. Unrealistic? May be, now, but time to think of doing smth. more in the region.
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Very excited to be launching the Democracy School in Tbilisi tomorrow. Thanks to the Dutch Embassy for its support, without which it wouldn't have been possible at all. Confident that the positive impact of the School will be felt in Tbilisi soon!
@Jos_Douma
@lela_lomia
We look forward to launching the first group of Tbilisi Democracy School tomorrow. Yet another inspiring chapter in our work. Many great thanks to the Dutch Embassy in Georgia for supporting us in this exciting work!
#Georgia
#Tbilisi
#Democracy_Schools
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This is the true sentiment in Georgia these days. A large gap between what the people feel and what the government does.
I rarely remember so many people on Rustaveli Avenue! We condemn the decision of the Georgian government, we are in solidarity with Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦🇬🇪
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Yesterday,
@HansGutbrod
started a good discussion on the need of reforming the Georgian opposition’s approach to politics. I’ll follow up with a🧵to highlight some areas where changes are needed, and possible:
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A very warm welcome to
#Tbilisi
to the distinguished delegation of politicians from
#Tunisia
and our partners
@CemiTunisie
. There is a lot to share with each other and we are happy to host this 2nd exchange visit under the
#EU
funded REACH 4 Democracy project.
@WeAreNIMD
@EPDeu
We are happy to welcome Tunisian delegation in Georgia. Very interesting week with high-level meetings and discussion sessions is just starting
#REACH4Democracy
#EECMD
#CEMI
#NIMD
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With this, the govt made a deliberate move to further escalate the situation in the country and is totally unnacceptable.
#Saakashvili
now under immense psychological pressure & risks to his life & health bigger. On the moral side of things, this is yet another low point.
The former president has been transferred to prison hospital in Gldani, the north-eastern edge of Tbilisi.
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Here comes our happy announcement on launching our new and now fifth (!) Democracy School in Kyiv!
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My take on what we need to do to both defend and then reboot democracy in light of an ongoing (violent) assault on it
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Great to be in
#Helsinki
for 2019 Political Party Peer Network Conference. We'll be sharing our experience of political party development work & also the new digital tool for strategic planning, which we have been developing recently
@DemoFinland
@WeAreNIMD
@EECMD_ORG
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COVID19 will hurt many industries but also teach us a lot. Many are learning fast. Even schools (in Tbs) have switched to distance pretty much effortlessly. Never thought I could do wine tasting online. When we reach the other shore, we'll see a different business culture emerge.
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Unbelievable that Georgia allowed this Putin's propagandist to cross into the country and then, in violation of the lock down, go feasting in a restaurant to... celebrate his birthday! Outraging!
Veteran
#Putin
propagandist landed in
#Tbilisi
today by charter flight & 30 friends to celebrate birthday, sparking discontent in
#Georgia
Mr
#Pozner
has backed
#RussianOccupation
of
#Abkhazia
& S.Ossetia as well as annexation of
#Crimea
&
#RussianAggression
in
#Ukraine
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Celebrating King's Day with the Dutch Embassy, Ambassador
@Jos_Douma
, Foreign Minister
@DZalkaliani
and many more friends and colleagues. And of course wishing
@AFCAjax_EN
a very good luck tonight!
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The Georgian government is in a seizure of hate and aggression after the large rally in
#Tbilisi
and the EU criticism. Now, they might go all in: distance further from the EU and persecute democratic civil society groups domestically. We will all have to weather this together.
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I do not intend to enter into a lengthy takedown of her other lies and accusations here. However, her publicly disclosing the location of our apartment, effectively marking us as a target for persecution, is illegal. I will answer with all the legal means still available to me.
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This is what the Georgian state had become: a key law-enforcer threatening people in the hit list with a mob type violence.
Zviad Kharazishvili, central figure in brutal crackdowns on peaceful anti-
#ForeignAgentsLaw
protests, made this comment to TV Pirveli near Parliament as citizens gather to protest ruling GD's decision to override Presidential veto on the law.
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Next Democracy School group is up and running in
#Lviv
. Next in line:
#Odesa
,
#Poltava
and
#Dnipro
! Good luck everyone and we will meet soon! Thanks
@WeAreNIMD
for this support!
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In Tbilisi straight from Amsterdam to vote for the 2nd round of
#Gvote18
. Voting to me is a civic ritual, something we share and participate in as a family. Well worth travelling back and forth for this.
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I visited one of Georgia's foremost poets and a living legend - Besik Kharanauli today. His voice has been a huge encouragement and support to all of us, during the difficult days and nights of protest and hardship, then and now. He blessed our road forward, the road which I am
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GD is staffed with pathological liars: from top to down.
In response to confusion about the meeting with the Chair of the Parliament of Georgia
@shpapuashvili
, I feel the need to clarify that we did not agree that Georgia was right to ignore European advice and values, and we expressed extremely strong views, not "some concerns".
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Enjoyed a very thoughtful discussion between the UN agencies and democracy support organizations
@EECMD_ORG
@WeAreNIMD
@WFD_Democracy
@EPDeu
@ipinst
on synchronizing approaches. A lot of food for thought for our future and common work ahead.
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Watching Saakashvili's court hearing with bewilderment. He was not given the opportunity to participate in his own trial via an online link. The prosecution argues they don't have the equipment to link him (!) + asks the court for one more month, to "study" his health conditions.
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Happy to be speaking at the opening of the second round of our Democracy School in
#Lviv
. As a tradition of already some years, we speak ab. the history of democracy, without which it is difficult to understand its present in a very historic building where our office is housed.
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The women to remember and honor!
The founding mothers of 🇬🇪. Exactly 101 years ago, on 14-16 February 1919, Georgians have voted for their Constituent Assembly - the first freely elected parliament under universal suffrage. These 5 social-democrat trailblazer women were among the first parliamentarians.
[1/4]
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Read about how things have been unfolding in Georgia these days.
Activists protesting Georgia's new “foreign agent” law are being targeted in a relentless repression and intimidation campaign, replete with threatening anonymous calls, vandalization, death threats, stalking, beatings, and more. Latest
@thedailybeast
:
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Hard work for
#Armenia
starts now. To deliver on anti-corruption and good governance on the one hand, and to strengthen democracy on the other, requires genuine commitment, effective policy making, vision and also some luck. So, Good luck to
@NikolPashinyan
and congratulations!
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In the past, we would be taking a few steps forward, then one backwards, moving ahead despite all the imperfections and weaknesses. Now, we only move backwards, with no end in sight.
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Very happy that we managed to secure broad, multiparty support among the opposition and independents to launch a parliamentary campaign for allowing Georgian emigrants to vote, online. The ball is now in the hands of the ruling party.
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10yrs with
@EECMD_ORG
/& before
@WeAreNIMD
! Quite a date! Never thought I'd stay that long but the work on so many interesting issues, with a great team & partners does its bidding. Looking forward & happy that by now we've become a strong, sustainable & interesting organization.
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Yes we're all happy at
@NIMD_EEN
#DemocracyBootcamp
!
Celebrations in Tbilisi that finally visa free travel for Georgians is in sight. Important that EU keeps its promise when country delivers!
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The choices have never been simpler, a pathway forward has never been clearer. GD will be smashed at the elections if they get there at all in one piece as a political party. The President's veto was a lifesaver, which they did not use because they were too scared of their
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Very cool poster on the Turkish truck transiting in Georgia right in front of me, right now.
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Happy to see the achievements of the alumni of our Democracy Schools. Most recently, Madona Batiashvili was appointed as the vice-mayor of
#Sighnaghi
, one of the most beautiful cities in
#Georgia
. "I will support more women in important jobs" she said.
@EECMD_ORG
@WeAreNIMD
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Great to be with all the colleagues and partners from the
@WeAreNIMD
network for the partnership week. It is, as always, a great opportunity to meet and catch up with everyone.
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Learning what Lego, politics & strategy have in common. Exciting
@WeAreNIMD
&
@EECMD_ORG
conference on democracy education and Democracy Schools.
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The very high number of emigrants from Georgia is yet another policy challenge that one would work to address if only people were not so utterly busy fighting imaginary threats and if the country was doing as well as we are told.
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Beautiful weather and great spirits in The Hague as
@EECMD_ORG
&
@WeAreNIMD
are welcoming politicians and CSO leaders from
#Georgia
&
#Ukraine
for "The Hague Dialogue" program aimed to enhance cooperation and policy awareness.
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In the same video she uses a screenshot from the rally where I spoke and stood up together with three European foreign ministers. The caption she uses says: "Levan Tsutskiridze at the rally to overthrow the government." This is a telling example of how shamelessly these people
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Informative and engaging workshop together with
@UNDPLive
@UNDPgov
#GPMD
@DemoFinland
@EECMD_ORG
&
@WeAreNIMD
on political parties,
#SDGs
#SDG16
and
#Agenda2030
.
.
@UNDP
staff from around the world & GPMD come together to hash out the role of political parties in working for
#SDGs
#2030Agenda
through
#SDG16
@WeAreNIMD
@EECMD_ORG
@nimdgt
@UNDPgov
@DemoFinland
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I always thought that the Georgian Dream lost the 2024 election in March 2023 already, when it completely broke the social contract by voting for the "Foreign Agents Bill" in a first hearing, demonstrating that it was intent on going full speed to the Russian orbit.
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In
#Batumi
to meet with the 7th group of
@EECMD_ORG
#Democracy_Schools
and kick start the 2019 semester with a conversation about the history of democracy and democratic governance today.
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We are on an interesting mission to Strasbourg and Brussels to discuss with Georgia's EU friends the ways and means of how civil society can advance democracy and EU agenda in this difficult time.
@k_kakachia
@IvaneChkhikvadz
@RSkardziute
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PM Gakharia resigns citing his opposition to the potential escalation if UNM leader was to be detained by the police. He cites "lack of consensus" in GD, indicating deep divisions within & the razor thin line the country is walking. Seems we've escaped becoming Russia, again.
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Bill to ensure Georgia's next elections take place under the proportional system seems to be stalled at its first hearing as GD MPs and others, insult & attack each other. To many, its an ill-disguised attempt to backtrack on reform in the face of declining popular support.
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This is a thread on the problem we encountered recently, when trying to treat our dog. I apologize for length & space but hope to spread the message and perhaps gain support for my attempts to work with the
@Geoparliament
to address this matter ASAP.
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A big day in our history as we launch the Democracy School of Kyiv today! Big thanks to
@WeAreNIMD
& the Dutch Government for their support in this strategic initiative!
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Great to be back in the office. Especially, when your daughter had this prepared.
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As things stand today for
#GVote2020
, looking at samples of vote count and tabulation violations produced by observer NGOs, the CEC has many questions to answer and address. It has to do so in a transparent and credible way and do it ASAP.
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Tampering with the Constitutional Court of Georgia is a very clear red line which the GD party shouldn't cross, whatever pressure there may be from the church. Human rights are far more important than electoral numbers. Hope they see what a dangerous path they are treading.
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Such a great honor to lead the EECMD from now on and carry on the work we started in 2009 as a field office of
@WeAreNIMD
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What a great News!
#EminAslan
welcome back to freedom! / ძალიან მაგარი ამბავი: ემინ ასლანი გაათავისუფლეს!
Best news of this week: my friend and former colleague
#EminAslan
released in
#Azerbaijan
. Obviously he should have never been jailed in the first time!
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