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Cleaning up Georgia’s elections

28 November 2016 in Accountability, Civil society, Elections, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Georgians are getting the message: elections are important and tampering with the process has consequences. This year, there were fewer violations, leading to a cleaner election. It was hard work, however. From when the election process started in June to when people went to the polls on 8 October, Transparency International Georgia was on the […]

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Georgia: protect the messengers who protect citizens’ rights

24 April 2015 in Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

In the past year there have been a number of high-profile verbal attacks on the leaders of civil society organisations in Georgia who take issue with some of what the government is doing. Rather than trying to undermine the messengers, the government should listen to the concerns they represent. In January a former prime minister […]

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Georgian elections: international monitors help defuse tension

24 October 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

By the early hours of October 2, polling stations had closed and the Georgian parliamentary elections appeared to have passed without any major violations. Official ballot counts were nearly complete when one of our observers reported that armed special forces had stormed several polling stations in the west of the country, demanded that observers leave […]

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