This is Tbilisi on the 545th day of nonstop protests. Today’s mass rally marked Georgia’s Independence Day, driven by the hopes and ideals that shaped the First Republic in 1918.

Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have lost another close ally after the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but an oil shock from conflict in Middle East spells potential good news for his war chest.

Not good. AUSTIN SHOOTING: Diagne was wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah,” and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, AP says: bit.ly/4aHu6D8

BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the U.K. has given the US permission to use British bases to launch strikes on Iran

According to the Iranian media, three massive explosions have been heard in the downtown Tehran. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

BREAKING: The UK has sanctioned Georgian TV channels POSTV and IMEDI TV under Russia Sanctions regulations. The Foreign Office cites the deliberate spread of Russian disinformation and undermining Ukraine's sovereignty. Asset freezes and trust services restrictions are now in effect.

Yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine.Energy infrastructure was under attack,civilians injured&killed. Russia uses up the cold weather to hurt Ukrainian civilians more. ▪️In Kyiv region, a man was killed, two women and a child injured 📹a home in the suburb of Kyiv.A woman and child injured

8 years ago Archil Tatunashvili was kidnapped, brutally tortured and murdered by Russians. His mutilated body was returned to the family only a month after the murder. This is how Russia conceals its war crimes. We count years and tragedies, Russia gets emboldened even more.

Tonight, Iranians in Tbilisi continue to protest against the regime, standing in solidarity with their fellow Iranians back home. Photos by MOSE

EU’s HR/VP @kajakallas has circulated a paper to EU member states, seen by @RFERL, outlining conditions Russia should meet in U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine.

#Tbilisi Now: Students at Ilia State University have blocked Chavchavadze Avenue to protest a Georgian Dream initiative introducing university quotas that would assign certain disciplines to specific institutions while eliminating them at others.

Nika Gvaramia, leader of the opposition Ahali party, has been released from prison after serving eight months for refusing to appear before the disputed Parliament's commission. Read more: civil.ge/archives/720...

We are witnessing another legislation designed to expand Georgian Dream’s repression apparatus within an already authoritarian system. Below I examine the scale of state control and repression already imposed on the Georgians, and the risks tied to it. kshoshiashvili.substack.com/p/georgian-d...

The Tbilisi TV tower was lit in the colors of Iran’s flag on February 11 at the request of the Iranian Embassy to mark the “national holiday,” (therefore, the anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution), Tbilisi Municipality told Georgian media.

Georgia 🇬🇪: Bank accounts frozen over old protest fines People in Georgia report that, starting this morning, their bank accounts were frozen because of 5,000 GEL fines they received last year for blocking roads during protests. Many say they did not know about the fines.

France’s foreign minister announces that the EU will adopt new sanctions in Brussels tomorrow against Iranian officials responsible for violence and repression against the Iranian people, including travel bans and asset freezes.

New investigation by iFact suggests that Georgian ports are being used by Russia’s shadow fleet to move sanctioned oil as Russia wages brutal war in Ukraine. ifact.ge/en/the-shado...

Two Georgian citizens were sentenced today to 4 days of imprisonment for standing on a sidewalk and taking part in #GeorgiaProtests.

Another jailed Georgian opposition leader, Giorgi Vashadze, has been released after 7 months of detention. He had been arrested for refusing to appear before a sham temporary parliamentary investigative commission set up by the ruling Georgian Dream party,

“Approximately 50,000 Iranians have been killed. The regime demands between $5,000 and $10,000 from families to release the bodies,” Iranians in Georgia 🇬🇪 say. Iranians in Georgia have been protesting for several consecutive days… Video reporting by @radiotavisupleba.ge.web.brid.gy

Overstated in places, but sobering. www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...

How the world is failing Iran’s uprising

Day 395 of Georgia’s unbroken resistance. It is now illegal under Ivanishvili’s authoritarian rule to express peaceful protest near the parliament building, even by standing on a sidewalk.

NEW!! Senator Shaheen Condemns 'Unprecedented' Steps to Silence Georgian Citizens The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened. www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p...

Today Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili's handyman and Georgian Dream's self-proclaimed PM Irakli Kobakhidze posed with Vladimir Putin at the International Forum Peace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Georgian diplomacy and foreign policy continue to reach new lows, but today’s appearance goes even further.

“Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

A protester was kidnapped by police from a seat in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social

🇬🇪 Daily arrests of peaceful protesters, in an effort to crush almost a year of resistance in Georgia: On the 360th straight day of protests, police arrested 8 protesters (and reportedly 1 journalist) without explanation. Among arrested are a teacher, activist, several students, and artists.

🇬🇪 Georgia: Day 358 of nonstop protests. Citizens continue to face daily illegal detentions for simply standing on Rustaveli Avenue. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of the regime’s prisoner Mate Devidze, police arrested more than ten demonstrators. Video: @publikage.bsky.social

Tbilisi last night, day 354 of #GeorgiaProtests. Photo by @publikage.bsky.social

Pursuant to Section 61, Paragraph two of the Immigration Law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, @baibabraze.bsky.social, took a decision to include two citizens of Georgia in the list of personae non gratae in Latvia, and to subject them to a ban on entering Latvia for an indefinite period of time.

The Venice Commission recommends repealing virtually all repressive laws introduced by Georgian Dream in the past two years, including the Georgian Dream’s foreign agents law, and amending the Law on Broadcasting, grants, and related regulations. www.coe.int/en/web/venic...

On October 13, 2025, Georgian Dream began an expedited consideration of a legislative package that would ban individuals associated with a political party prohibited by the Constitutional Court from engaging in party activities, holding state or political office, and participating in elections.

"EPDE identified 29 fake observers who assisted the Georgian government in lending an appearance of legitimacy to the local elections on October 4, 2025. epde.org?news=stateme...

BREAKING: The Ivanishvili regime is moving to further tighten repressive laws against protesters. Under the proposed amendments, individuals could face criminal charges and up to one year in prison for repeated offenses such as: 1. Covering their face with a mask or any other means;

The prisoners of the Ivanishvili regime at the Frankfurt Book Fair, including teachers, actors, journalists, students, and poets, telling their stories of captivity under Georgian Dream’s repressive rule. Photo shared by the Georgian publisher Gvantsa Jobava

“Given the current pace of action from the UK, and seeming indifference from a distracted US, Georgia’s slow and crushing descent into authoritarianism remains unchallenged by its supposed allies. www.transparency.org.uk/news/without...

Day 312 of #GeorgiaProtests; Video by MOSE

Read here about Georgia’s madman oligarch Ivanishvili, his crypto obsession, and how he instrumentalizes state institutions for his personal wealth games. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

#GeorgiaProtests: The situation near the Orbeliani Presidential Palace has remained tense for hours, with protesters targeted by water cannons and tear gas. Demonstrations are scattered across Tbilisi.

Tear gas has been deployed against protesters near the Presidential Palace as tensions escalate in Tbilisi. Organizers reportedly kept demonstrators on Rustaveli Avenue for hours before just now moving toward the area where police are dispersing the crowd. #GeorgiaProtests @protest24.bsky.social

#GeorgiaProtests: Police are dispersing protesters in the streets surrounding the presidential palace in Tbilisi. Demonstrators are also gathered outside parliament, and some groups are moving toward the Georgian Dream headquarters. Video @publikage.bsky.social

Tbilisi today.

Protesters have flooded Tbilisi as Georgian Dream holds municipal elections, demanding change after 13 years of the party rule and Georgia’s abrupt pro-Russia turn.

Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili has arrived at his polling station, as Georgian Dream holds local elections while most opposition leaders remain jailed. #GeorgiaProtests

A new resolution by PACE warns Georgia of an impending "one-party dictatorship incompatible with Council of Europe membership" ahead of the October 4 local elections, with no expectation of any integrity or credibility, @civil.ge civil.ge/archives/703...