Giorgi Gogia
@ggogia.bsky.social
Associate Europe and Central Asia Director at Human Rights Watch
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New @hrw.org report:
Since mid-2024, Russian forces have increasingly used armed quadcopter drones to kill and injure hundreds of civilians in Kherson. Victims were walking, biking, driving, or even receiving medical care when attacked.
Since mid-2024, Russian forces have increasingly used armed quadcopter drones to kill and injure hundreds of civilians in Kherson. Victims were walking, biking, driving, or even receiving medical care when attacked.
June 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
New @hrw.org report:
Since mid-2024, Russian forces have increasingly used armed quadcopter drones to kill and injure hundreds of civilians in Kherson. Victims were walking, biking, driving, or even receiving medical care when attacked.
Since mid-2024, Russian forces have increasingly used armed quadcopter drones to kill and injure hundreds of civilians in Kherson. Victims were walking, biking, driving, or even receiving medical care when attacked.
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"The bill violates fundamental human rights norms and, if adopted, would severely harm Georgia’s civil society and further escalate the human rights crisis the authorities have triggered in recent months."
This requires attention, too: third reading next week. #Georgia
This requires attention, too: third reading next week. #Georgia
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The bill violates fundamental human rights norms and, if adopted, would severely harm Georgia’s civil society and further escalate the human rights crisis the authorities have triggered in recent months."
This requires attention, too: third reading next week. #Georgia
This requires attention, too: third reading next week. #Georgia
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crystal clear: "The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” @hrw.org said today. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
crystal clear: "The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” @hrw.org said today. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as foreign agents—it violates fundamental human rights norms and would severely harm Georgia’s civil society www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Georgia: Drop Repressive ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill
The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” Human Rights Watch said today.”...
www.hrw.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as foreign agents—it violates fundamental human rights norms and would severely harm Georgia’s civil society www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Authorities in #Georgia are plunging the country into ever deeper human rights crisis, including by adopting 'foreign agents' law that could spell the end of independent civil society. There's still time to drop the bill and respect fundamental human rights! Read @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
March 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Authorities in #Georgia are plunging the country into ever deeper human rights crisis, including by adopting 'foreign agents' law that could spell the end of independent civil society. There's still time to drop the bill and respect fundamental human rights! Read @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Georgian gov't drove the country toward a human rights crisis in 2024. It adopted new repressive laws, unleashed brutal police violence against mostly peaceful protesters, and pivoted away from the EU accession process. Read the full annual @hrw.org report here: www.hrw.org/world-report...
World Report 2025: Rights Trends in Georgia
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January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Georgian gov't drove the country toward a human rights crisis in 2024. It adopted new repressive laws, unleashed brutal police violence against mostly peaceful protesters, and pivoted away from the EU accession process. Read the full annual @hrw.org report here: www.hrw.org/world-report...
Georgian court remanded independent journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli to pretrial detention. She is facing up to 7 years allegedly for assaulting a police officer. This goes against the European Court standards. She should be freed pending credible investigation: civil.ge/archives/651.... 🧵👇
Batumi Court Sentences “Batumelebi” Founder Mzia Amaghlobeli to Pretrial Detention
Mzia Amaghlobeli, founder and director of the independent newspaper Batumelebi and the online outlet Netgazeti, was remanded in custody by Batumi City Court Judge Nino Sakhelashvili. Amaghlobeli, who ...
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January 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Georgian court remanded independent journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli to pretrial detention. She is facing up to 7 years allegedly for assaulting a police officer. This goes against the European Court standards. She should be freed pending credible investigation: civil.ge/archives/651.... 🧵👇
In widespread & apparently punitive acts, police & other security forces in #Georgia have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters. The scale of police violence is shocking & suggests that the authorities have sanctioned or condoned it, says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
Georgia: Brutal Police Violence Against Protesters
Police and other security forces have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, Human Rights Watch said today.
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December 24, 2024 at 6:37 AM
In widespread & apparently punitive acts, police & other security forces in #Georgia have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters. The scale of police violence is shocking & suggests that the authorities have sanctioned or condoned it, says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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Thousands of pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia are protesting the ruling party’s suspension of EU accession talks until 2028.
Police have brutally beaten numerous peaceful demonstrators, violating their right to peaceful assembly.
Police have brutally beaten numerous peaceful demonstrators, violating their right to peaceful assembly.
December 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Thousands of pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia are protesting the ruling party’s suspension of EU accession talks until 2028.
Police have brutally beaten numerous peaceful demonstrators, violating their right to peaceful assembly.
Police have brutally beaten numerous peaceful demonstrators, violating their right to peaceful assembly.
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New UK data show 5.2 million kids live in poverty.
It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious:
End the #twochildlimit
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford
@hrw.org
It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious:
End the #twochildlimit
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford
@hrw.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM
New UK data show 5.2 million kids live in poverty.
It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious:
End the #twochildlimit
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford
@hrw.org
It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious:
End the #twochildlimit
www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford
@hrw.org