24 September 2021 | RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Georgia
Article on alleged mass surveillance by authorities; 5 journalists confirm being among targets of illegal spying
RSF calls for rapid results from enquiry after journalists spied on in Georgia (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 September 2021 | Jamestown Foundation
Georgia, Moldova, Republic, Russian Federation, Ukraine
Article on Russian presidential elections held unlawfully in Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donbas and Crimea from 17 to 19 September 2021 (voting sections and polling stations; voter turnout; response by governments of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova)
Weak Response to Russian Duma Elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 145 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
23 September 2021 | ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Brief analysis of conflict-related incidents and protests in selected countries (covering 11 - 17 September 2021)
ACLED Regional Overview – Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (11-17 September 2021) (Periodical Report, English)
21 September 2021 | Jamestown Foundation
Georgia
Former president Mikheil Saakashvili announces to return to Georgia for municipal elections to be held on 2 October 2021; an agreement between the ruling alliance Georgian Dream (GD) and the opposition party United National Movement (UNM) obliges GD to hold early parliamentary elections if it fails to gain more than 43 per cent of votes in the municipal elections
Mikheil Saakashvili Vows Return to Georgia; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 143 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
21 September 2021 | Freedom House
Georgia
Report on digital media and internet freedom (reporting period June 2020 - May 2021)
Freedom on the Net 2021 - Georgia (Periodical Report, English)
17 September 2021 | OSCE – Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Georgia
Interim report on 2 October 2021 local elections (background and political context; legal framework and electoral system; election administration; voter registration; candidate registration; election campaign; participation of national minorities; media; complaints and appeals; election observation)
Georgia, Local Elections, 2 October 2021: Interim Report (Special or Analytical Report, English)
17 September 2021 | EurasiaNet
Georgia
Surveillance recordings by State Security Service (SSS) of phone conversations of clergy members were leaked by an unknown source amid campaign for local elections on 2 October 2021
Georgia flooded with leaked surveillance recordings of clergy (Media Report, English)
16 September 2021 | IWPR – Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Belarus, Georgia
Article on new security agreement between Georgia and Belarus on the exchange of security information and cooperation on "fighting crime against constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial integrity"
Fears Over Georgia-Belarus Security Agreement (Media Report, English)
16 September 2021 | EurasiaNet
Georgia
Tbilisi: Polarized election campaign marred with allegations over drug use in context of mayoral elections in Tbilisi between incumbent mayor of ruling party and former prime minister and founder of a new opposition party
Georgia’s ex-prime minister emerges as challenge to ruling party (Media Report, English)
13 September 2021 | Caucasian Knot
Georgia, Russian Federation
Overview of events in the Caucasus between 6 and 12 September 2021
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 6-12, 2021 (Media Report, English)
