On February 1, Facebook profile Elen Elen shared Giorgi Mtchedlishvili’s video uploaded on December 24, 2020, in the group კორონა მაფია (Corona Mafia). The video depicts the footages of different individuals receiving a vaccine. One of the fragments shows that after the injection, the nurse is only holding a syringe, and the needle is nowhere...

On January 28, following the release of Iveri Melashvili, various ultra national actors made statements on the social network and TV channels regarding Iveri Melashvili, detained for Cartographers’ Case, ceding 6 hectares of Georgian land to Turkey. This information is primarily used as a proof of Melashvili’s “treason”. Reports on Georgia ceding 6 hectares of...

On 28 January, speaking in a talk show “Reaction” on TV Pirveli, Iveri Melashvili discussed, among other things, the process of defining a disputed section of the border. Various media outlets and political actors took only a fragment of the talk show and shared it extensively. The mentioned fragment contained few sentences, including the words...

On January 28, Facebook user Giorgi Dolodze published a video with a text: “Anti-vaccine protests take place in Netherland, media is silent!!!”. Lilia Nadareishvil shared the identical video from Spanish Facebook user Mario Gomez to Facebook groups “კორონა მაფია” (Corona Mafia) and ”კორონამაფია და საქართველო როგორც საექსპერიმენტო ქვეყანა?” (Corona mafia and Georgia as an experiment...

On January 28, Facebook user Giorgi Dolodze published a video with a text: “Anti-vaccine protests take place in Netherland, media is silent!!!”. Lilia Nadareishvil shared the identical video from Spanish Facebook user Mario Gomez to Facebook groups “კორონა მაფია” (Corona Mafia) and ”კორონამაფია და საქართველო როგორც საექსპერიმენტო ქვეყანა?” (Corona mafia and Georgia as an experiment...

Giorgi Tabagari is the co-founder and director of Tbilisi pride. One year ago, he organized a first-ever gay pride in Georgia, which, however, was held in a restricted format due to threats. In the interview, he talks about the connection between fake news and homophobia in Georgian society. Giorgi, you organized the first gay pride in...

On 21 January 2021, Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights announced its ruling on the case of Georgia v. Russia over the 2008 Russia-Georgia war and found Russia guilty on key points listed in the application lodged against Russia. According to the judgment of the Strasbourg Court, the Russian Federation exercised effective...

  A conflict between local Muslims and Christians in Buknari village, Chokhatauri Municipality, connected to setting up a praying space in a private house, grew into a physical confrontation on January 12-13. On January 14, non-governmental organizations disseminated a statement related to the Buknari incident, mentioning that the right of the Muslim community to set...

On January 11, Giorgi Iberieli’s Facebook profile shared a post, published by a Facebook page Liberastuli seni on July 1, 2020, in six public Facebook groups. The post included a photo of the Head of the Georgian Dream party with the following quote: “I do not know what traditional values are, it is dangerous to...

On January 6, a social media user Simon Kiladze published a post mentioning that, in accordance to the Democrats’ intention and legislative bill, gender-specific words will be removed from speeches that are made in the United States Congress. Kiladze connects this bill to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and...

  The pro-Russian Alliance of Patriots party has joined Georgia’s major opposition parties in boycotting the new Parliament and demanding repeat elections. However, four MPs from the party’s proportional list   – businessmen Avtandil Enukidze, David Zilpimiani, Pridon Injia and Zaza Mikadze – decided to take up their mandates; later, on January 9, they set...

On January 2, a Facebook profile „ბიბლიის მორწმუნე ქრისტიანები“ (Bible-believing Christians) uploaded a video that mentions that a 46-year old British Debbie Hicks was arrested after she recorded a video in the Gloucestershire Hospital and showed that the hospital was empty, while the UK Government and the National Health Service lie when they state that...