Guess I can now announce that I am looking for a job. After the State Security Service detained and released me on 27 August 2024, I lost all my jobs except for a one-time Goethe Institute job in Azerbaijan.
OC Media could face closure after cuts to foreign aid spearheaded by US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk have left the organisation with a $250,000 shortfall.
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BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports suggest that OC Media co-founder and co-director Mariam Nikuradze may have been placed on a list of people to be arrested by the Georgian authorities. oc-media.org/oc-media-fou...
"it's my child!!" Utterly horrendous scene in #Tbilisi tonight, mother screaming in distress as thuggish police rips her child away.
Hard to watch, but put sound on, watch, share & send to anyone who may still support GD to watch what horror they are inflicting.
#Georgia #RepressionGeorgia
A #FollowFriday for the journalists from @ocmedia.bsky.social who are putting themselves at risk to report on the protests in Georgia right now ๐
Among them, @dkcagara.bsky.social @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social @robinfabbro.bsky.social
Holy smokes
A website (over-watch.live) has been created to track the movements and activities of riot police in Tbilisi to warn protesters of their whereabouts.
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Georgia:
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tรผrk on the use of force against protesters and media workers. He highlights the lack of individual ID nrs or nametags on uniforms as challenge to establish individual responsibility ๐
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Fifth night of protest ended with protesters avoiding final mass arrests despite a few siege attempts by the riot police. Protest resumes today.
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Caucasian languages setting new standards by which all other linguistics posts will be judged
Georgia's anti-LGBTQI law comes into force today, prohibiting (among others) legal and medical gender transition or information about queer people in education and broadcasting.
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Last night, riot police attempted to arrest OC Media's @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social during the protests in Tbilisi. She was eventually released, but officers slammed her against a wall, breaking her camera. Help us stand our ground โ becoming an OC Media member.
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Alongside Tbilisi, anti-Russian protests are taking place in other cities across Georgia: Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti, and Akhmeta.
Video from Akhmeta.
#GeorgiaProtests
Weโre starting our live updates today, covering the continued fallout regarding Georgiaโs halting of its EU membership bid and the aftermath of last nightโs violent crackdown on Tbilisiโs pro-EU demonstration in Tbilisi.
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The peace vs war narrative, the demonisation of civil society, how to handle protests, anti-democratic legislation, methods of rigging elections. Authoritarian know-how + security/intelligence cooperation (esp. against Russian and Belarusian dissidents in Georgia).
3.5 years ago I thought a new political force would emerge to end the Georgian democracy. Instead, it was GD themselves that harvested that destructive force. And now Iโm sure Russia consulted them on how to do it.
