Georgia's Opposition Crackdown: A Struggle for Democracy

Georgia's Opposition Crackdown: A Struggle for Democracy

In Georgia, a crackdown on opposition figures continues following a disputed election. Key opposition leaders are jailed, protesting against the incumbent Georgian Dream party's alleged manipulation of the electoral process and halting of European Union accession efforts. Protests persist in Tbilisi as demonstrators call for international support.

Georgia tightens screws on opposition, jails more leaders

Georgia jails six political figures in one week in crackdown on opposition

Most of the leaders of Georgia's pro-Western opposition are now behind bars after months of political turmoil.

Georgia: Crackdown on government critics deepens as another opposition politician is jailed

Reacting to the jailing of yet another Georgian opposition figure, former lawmaker Giorgi (Givi) Targamadze, to seven months in prison for refusing to recognize the parliament’s legitimacy and appear before a parliamentary investigative committee, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:“Summoning opposition figures before a parliamentary commission and arresting and imprisoning them fo…