The French National Assembly adopted a resolution on Georgia condemning the illiberal drift of the Georgian government, supporting Georgia's European destiny, and "strongly urging" the Georgian government to repeal the foreign agents law. Taking into account the fundamental freedoms of opinion, expression, association and peaceful assembly enshrined in the Georgian Constitution, the restrictive nature of…
On May 21, the Venice Commission issued its Urgent Opinion on the foreign agents law, criticizing the law and strongly recommending that the Georgian government should repeal it. We have compiled the initial reactions from across the international and domestic, Georgian political spectrum: Domestic Reactions Ruling majority Kakha Kaladze, GD Secretary General, Mayor of Tbilisi:…
WARSAW/VIENNA, 7 February 2024 – The decision of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, to proceed towards the adoption of the so-called “foreign representatives” bill is of great concern, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Matteo Mecacci and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM)