Hans Gutbrod
@hansgutbrod.bsky.social
Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
In normal countries, theatre directors put plays on stage.
In abnormal reality in #Georgia right now, the drama is on the streets & theatre directors, here Giorgi Savanelidze, get dragged by police for insisting on citizens' rights.
Clear who the villains are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRX9FSK...
In abnormal reality in #Georgia right now, the drama is on the streets & theatre directors, here Giorgi Savanelidze, get dragged by police for insisting on citizens' rights.
Clear who the villains are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRX9FSK...
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
In normal countries, theatre directors put plays on stage.
In abnormal reality in #Georgia right now, the drama is on the streets & theatre directors, here Giorgi Savanelidze, get dragged by police for insisting on citizens' rights.
Clear who the villains are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRX9FSK...
In abnormal reality in #Georgia right now, the drama is on the streets & theatre directors, here Giorgi Savanelidze, get dragged by police for insisting on citizens' rights.
Clear who the villains are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRX9FSK...
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
foto exhibition "Tavisupleba" on pro-European protests, in #Tuebingen, from Nov 28 until February, by Emilia Huppenberger #Georgia
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
foto exhibition "Tavisupleba" on pro-European protests, in #Tuebingen, from Nov 28 until February, by Emilia Huppenberger #Georgia
indeed, 95km away in northern Armenia.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
indeed, 95km away in northern Armenia.
and here the international legal opinion on the laws that allow this kind of repression.
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
and here the international legal opinion on the laws that allow this kind of repression.
a million other things going on, but here also a reminder that @humboldtuni.bsky.social does not manage to provide the information they are legally obligated to suppy, on some of its fraught ventures, within the established timeframe. Does not inspire confidence.
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
a million other things going on, but here also a reminder that @humboldtuni.bsky.social does not manage to provide the information they are legally obligated to suppy, on some of its fraught ventures, within the established timeframe. Does not inspire confidence.
Full statement here. And yes, the reform is unconstitutional, runs against Art 27.
Link to sign.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1tO7...
Link to sign.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1tO7...
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Full statement here. And yes, the reform is unconstitutional, runs against Art 27.
Link to sign.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1tO7...
Link to sign.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1tO7...
Here the article.
Gives international prominence to Georgia, too. (Gvantsa is the head of the International Publishers Association.)
Gives international prominence to Georgia, too. (Gvantsa is the head of the International Publishers Association.)
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Here the article.
Gives international prominence to Georgia, too. (Gvantsa is the head of the International Publishers Association.)
Gives international prominence to Georgia, too. (Gvantsa is the head of the International Publishers Association.)
"optimism is a radical act in difficult times" says @oliverbullough.bsky.social in panel discussion how to counter oligarchs trying to buy political & societal dominance
@zegfest.bsky.social
@zegfest.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"optimism is a radical act in difficult times" says @oliverbullough.bsky.social in panel discussion how to counter oligarchs trying to buy political & societal dominance
@zegfest.bsky.social
@zegfest.bsky.social
And here the program!
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
And here the program!
ZEG Storytelling Festival comes to London (and yes, rooted in #Georgia & about the present moment), in the pretty Finsbury Town Hall. Kicking off now. @zegfest.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
ZEG Storytelling Festival comes to London (and yes, rooted in #Georgia & about the present moment), in the pretty Finsbury Town Hall. Kicking off now. @zegfest.bsky.social
No other words - disgraceful by Prof Wolfgang Hermann @tum.de to endorse Bidzina Ivanishvili a week after vicious regime attacks on Prof Marine Chitashvili, while students jailed, and when attack on higher education announced.
@efdavies.bsky.social
@dornblueth.bsky.social @correctiv.org
@efdavies.bsky.social
@dornblueth.bsky.social @correctiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
No other words - disgraceful by Prof Wolfgang Hermann @tum.de to endorse Bidzina Ivanishvili a week after vicious regime attacks on Prof Marine Chitashvili, while students jailed, and when attack on higher education announced.
@efdavies.bsky.social
@dornblueth.bsky.social @correctiv.org
@efdavies.bsky.social
@dornblueth.bsky.social @correctiv.org
Stand at Frankfurt Book 📚 Fair -- highlighting the various prisoners of conscience of Georgian Dream regime: journalist, poet, teacher, actor, student, all jailed. #Georgia
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stand at Frankfurt Book 📚 Fair -- highlighting the various prisoners of conscience of Georgian Dream regime: journalist, poet, teacher, actor, student, all jailed. #Georgia
great cover, too!
"The Grand Oligarch Hotel: Checking Out of Democracy, Checking into Authoritarianism."
politicsgeo.com/current-issue/
"The Grand Oligarch Hotel: Checking Out of Democracy, Checking into Authoritarianism."
politicsgeo.com/current-issue/
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
great cover, too!
"The Grand Oligarch Hotel: Checking Out of Democracy, Checking into Authoritarianism."
politicsgeo.com/current-issue/
"The Grand Oligarch Hotel: Checking Out of Democracy, Checking into Authoritarianism."
politicsgeo.com/current-issue/
Incoming Ambo to Germany, Alexander Kartozia, politely challenged on the street about Irakli Kobakhidze's invocation of Joseph Goebbels today.
He scurries away. He knows very well that what the Georgian Dream regime says and does is indefensible.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AgX...
He scurries away. He knows very well that what the Georgian Dream regime says and does is indefensible.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AgX...
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Incoming Ambo to Germany, Alexander Kartozia, politely challenged on the street about Irakli Kobakhidze's invocation of Joseph Goebbels today.
He scurries away. He knows very well that what the Georgian Dream regime says and does is indefensible.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AgX...
He scurries away. He knows very well that what the Georgian Dream regime says and does is indefensible.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1AgX...
and culture event!
FOMO will host #Tbilisi launch of Nick Hudson's new album ON THE EVE OF HOPE.
"Nick Hudson (@the_academy_of_the_sun) is a UK-born, Tbilisi-based composer/artist who's been pushing the limits of music production and lyricism for the last 30 years."
fienta.com/nick-hudson-...
FOMO will host #Tbilisi launch of Nick Hudson's new album ON THE EVE OF HOPE.
"Nick Hudson (@the_academy_of_the_sun) is a UK-born, Tbilisi-based composer/artist who's been pushing the limits of music production and lyricism for the last 30 years."
fienta.com/nick-hudson-...
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
and culture event!
FOMO will host #Tbilisi launch of Nick Hudson's new album ON THE EVE OF HOPE.
"Nick Hudson (@the_academy_of_the_sun) is a UK-born, Tbilisi-based composer/artist who's been pushing the limits of music production and lyricism for the last 30 years."
fienta.com/nick-hudson-...
FOMO will host #Tbilisi launch of Nick Hudson's new album ON THE EVE OF HOPE.
"Nick Hudson (@the_academy_of_the_sun) is a UK-born, Tbilisi-based composer/artist who's been pushing the limits of music production and lyricism for the last 30 years."
fienta.com/nick-hudson-...
Test it with the flag of Brittany to confuse them...
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Test it with the flag of Brittany to confuse them...
The kids on the barricades are not with any party or group but express the deep anger of many that their future is being stolen.
GD has nothing to offer but corruption -- and now is taking away even that! (Friend sent this, 30m ago.)
GD has nothing to offer but corruption -- and now is taking away even that! (Friend sent this, 30m ago.)
October 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The kids on the barricades are not with any party or group but express the deep anger of many that their future is being stolen.
GD has nothing to offer but corruption -- and now is taking away even that! (Friend sent this, 30m ago.)
GD has nothing to offer but corruption -- and now is taking away even that! (Friend sent this, 30m ago.)
What to make of the day? Overall a show of strength -- but not one of direction.
That strength after months of repression remains impressive, but it won't be enough to get the country back on track, without a clearer, concerted strategy.
That strength after months of repression remains impressive, but it won't be enough to get the country back on track, without a clearer, concerted strategy.
October 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What to make of the day? Overall a show of strength -- but not one of direction.
That strength after months of repression remains impressive, but it won't be enough to get the country back on track, without a clearer, concerted strategy.
That strength after months of repression remains impressive, but it won't be enough to get the country back on track, without a clearer, concerted strategy.