On 1 August 2014, the Parliament of Georgia, based on legislative proposals largely prepared by the civil society, adopted legislation regulating secret surveillance. This new legislation and regulation of secret investigative actions
Civil society organizations campaigning against illegal surveillance would like to respond to the allegations voiced by the Prime Minister on 20 November 2014. Mr. Prime Minister, The creation of a free environment where
The November 18 edition of newspaper "Qronika +" included an article reviewing the companies owned by family members and relatives of the First Deputy Minister of Interior, Giorgi Zedelashvili and describing their participation in t
Civil society organizations involved in the This Affects You: They Are Still Listening campaign are alarmed by the attitude that Georgian Parliament has taken towards addressing the issue of direct access to secret wiretapping. Parliament has tw
On October 31, the Parliament of Georgia passed the bill about regulations on social advertising. The bill was obtained after the third reading. In addition to the other issues, the changes are related to the examination of the dispute between an adm
On October 28 the Chief Prosecutor arrested 5 high ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense, for allegedly squandering GEL 4,102,872 of budget money during state procurement procedures. These are: Gizo Ghlonti - former head of the procurement dep
We are closely following the latest political developments in our country. The investigation process initiated by the Prosecutor’s Office against the Ministry of Defense officials and the charges against them were followed by a statement of the
On October 31, the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili announced his decision to veto the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Electronic Communications adopted by the Parliament the day before. President Margvelashvili sent his subst
We, non-governmental organizations united under “This Affects You – They Are Still Listening” campaign, find the decision to postpone the effect of new regulations on secret surveillance to be totally unacceptable. “Fa
Dear Mr. Usupashvili, We, as members of a working group for drafting legislative amendments on secret surveillance, address you as Chairman of the Parliament. Mr. Shalva Shavgulidze, a member of the working group, brought to our attention the