#georgia
#Georgia Dream is the Majority Party duly elected Government of Georgia ..... it's only a rabid MINORITY Opposition that is crying foul and on the streets just like the Ukraine #MAIDAN Street Protests were organised, supported and funded in 2013/2014 by ......
UN urges Georgia to withdraw 'foreign influence' bill
The controversial bill has attracted wide criticism and led to daily protests in the capital, Tbilisi. The EU said the move could hurt Georgia's prospects of one day joining the 27-member bloc.
the United Nations, European Union and United States have condemned Georgia's attempt to pass a "foreign influence" law that critics say would muzzle independent media and rights groups.
"I urge Georgian authorities to withdraw this draft law, and to engage in dialogue, including with civil society and media organizations," UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday.
"Labeling NGOs and media outlets receiving foreign funding as 'organizations acting in the interest of a foreign power' poses serious threats to the rights to freedom of expression and association."
A spokesperson for France's Foreign Ministry said the bill "runs counter to the values on which the European Union is founded and to which the Georgian people have shown their deep attachment."
https://www.dw.com/en/un-urges-georgia-to-withdraw-foreign-influence-bill/a-68983238
BUT -- the US FARA Legislation is fine -- because IT targeted RUSSIAN News media .....
Is Russian News media and NGOs allowed and Legal in the UK, EU, The Baltics, Finland, Moldova or Ukraine? Is peaking Russian OK and Legal in Ukraine and Moldova? NO IT IS NOT OK - IT IS ILLEGAL - Russian Media is Banned !!!
in #Georgia the street protests against the Govt law against western ngo/influences have been quite violent by the protesters themselves against ‘police/authorities’ and destruction of buildings, attacks on police etc. There is much video of this.
#Biden says about the Campus protests - "So let me be clear … Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is,”
BUT –
US condemns use of violence against those protesting 'foreign …
21 hours ago … The #US on Wednesday condemned a “foreign influence” bill advanced in Georgia’s parliament and the use of violence against those protesting …
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#hypocracy #hypocrats #hydro #hydrant #hydration #ngo
The GMF is an ostensibly non-partisan American public policy think tank that claims to promote “cooperation and understanding between North America and the European Union.” But lately it seems to be favoring confrontation and conflict over dialogue and peace. This point was driven home at the recently convened Brussels Forum (a GMF-sponsored event). There, Laura Thornton, who oversees the GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), through which GMF “tracks and analyzes malign internal and external influence operations that target democracies worldwide and builds strategies to thwart them,” declared that, “The time for democracy to go on the offensive has long passed. This is going to require democracies to ally, the way autocracies do. This is going to require disruption and risk taking.”
🇬🇪 “Georgia has one of the highest amount of NGOs per capita!
- 20,000 NGOs are active in Georgia!
- 1 #NGO per 148 citizens!
- 90% get their funding from foreign countries!”
-> He is not pro Russia, he is pro #Georgia and the protesters are #pro-money!
Irakli Kobakhidze @PM_Kobakhidze - 8:13 UTC · May 3, 2024
Spoke to @CounselorDOS and expressed my sincere disappointment with the two revolution attempts of 2020-2023 supported by the former US Ambassador and those carried out through NGOs financed from external sources. Had these attempts been successful, the second front line would have been opened in Georgia.
Ukrainian Drones Attacked Russian Nuclear Bombers TU-95
by #ArturRehi
Russians stuffing ballot boxes.
Ukrainian drones attacked Russian strategic bomber airbases near #Saratov.
15 year ago Russia invaded #Georgia: no reaction from other countries emboldened #putin to invade #Crimea and #Donbass in 2014.
🇪🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
Artur Rehi is an Estonian Army reservist covering the war in #Ukraine every day since February 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDOr576j68
Pilot cargo transportation has been initiated along the India-Iran-Armenia trade route, as announced by Armenia’s Deputy Minister of #Economy, Narek Teryan, during the Armenian-India business forum. However, there is still ongoing work needed to establish a stable transport corridor, he emphasized without disclosing further details at this stage.
#Armenia anticipates that the launch of this trade route will rapidly boost trade and cargo transportation between Armenia, #India, and #Iran, and subsequently with #Georgia and the #EU, in both directions.
I was just scrolling yesterday through my stared posts in looking for something and I found this - which just seems way too relevant today in light of the #TuckerCarlson interview with #Putin.
Always remember what #peace means for #Russia whenever that #Kremlin idiot says it wants #negotiations. Always remember what #concessions by #Ukraine in exchange for #peace actually means for #TerroRussia. The only #peace which is acceptable for #Putler is the one where Ukraine gives up all its territory. Then #Moscow can start its #ethniccleaning and the erasure of #Ukrainian identity, just like it did with all the people in its empire. And when that happens, other countries are endangered of following suite - #Moldova, #Georgia, #TheBaltics, even #Poland and #Romania.
At this point, you could comfortably say that Russia is the last classical style #colonialempire of Europe. The only way to #EndTheWarInUkraine is to #defeatrussia.
#ArmUkraine #ArmUkraineNow #RussiaIsABarbaricState #russiaisacriminalstate #russiaisateroriststate
♲ Anders - 2023-08-16 09:50:21 GMT
To those who thinks that #Ukraine should negotiate peace with #Russia, then Medvedev has just removed any reason to do so:https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1691545649299304448
‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves
Under Stalin, thousands were executed. Now, victims’ families and experts are trying to heal a national trauma.#Features #History #HumanRights #Europe #Georgia #Russia
‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves
I dig up skeletons of Stalin’s victims to give families closure | Close Up
A forensic anthropologist identifies victims of Stalin’s Reign of Terror and reunites their remains with their families.#Documentary #ShowTypes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #Europe #Georgia
I dig up skeletons of Stalin’s victims to give families closure | Close Up
‘I no longer have a country’: Antiwar Russians who fled unlikely to return
Huge waves of Russians left after the Ukraine war began. Many still feel a sense of guilt over the conflict.#Features #Russia-Ukrainewar #Europe #Georgia #Russia
‘I no longer have a country’: Antiwar Russians who fled unlikely to return
Death threats for a Stalin vandal prompt soul-searching in Orthodox Georgia
An icon featuring Joseph Stalin on display inside Georgia's largest cathedral causes a furore.#Features #ArtsandCulture #Politics #Religion #Europe #Georgia
Death threats for a Stalin vandal prompt soul-searching in Orthodox Georgia
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers
From Ghana to Georgia, Rwanda to Albania, the EU is looking for nations that will hold vulnerable people on its behalf.#Features #Migration #Politics #Africa #Europe #Georgia #Ghana #Italy #MiddleEast #Moldova #Rwanda #Tunisia #UnitedKingdom
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office reports that Benjamin Reese, a teacher at Warner Robins Middle School in Georgia, threatened to behead a pupil when she questioned why there was an Israeli flag in class.
This is turning into a whole new level of intolerance and bigotry.
This is specially troubling because the man is a teacher threatening a middle school student. WTAF
#Fascism #Intolerance #Violence #Georgia #USPolitics #Israel
No plea deals for Donald, Rudy, or Mark in Georgia
Trump suddenly loses his BIGGEST lifeline in Georgia trial
The absence of a plea deal could well mean prison time for Trump -- possibly more than a lifetime.
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter honored in a memorial service in Atlanta, Georgia
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter was honoured by family, friends and presidents at a memorial service in Atlanta.The wife of former US president Jimmy Ca...#Atlanta #AtlantaGeorgia #Georgia #Obituaries #RosalynnCarter #RosalynnCarterhonoured #US #UnitedStates #WhiteHouse #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #formerUSfirstlady #formerUSfirstladypassesawayaged96 #formerUSpresidentJimmyCarter #memorialserviceinAtlantaGeorgia
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter honored in a memorial service in Atlanta, Georgia