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 November 30, head of the “Rights Defenders’ Union” organization Nikoloz Mzhavanadze published a video on his Facebook account with the following description: “Azerbaijan dreams of completely conquering Georgia and publishes a scandalous video clip on social network”. Mzhavanadze also notes that for some agents of SOCAR, it’d be credible only if Russians produced the identical video...

Thousands of protesters led by opposition leaders and civic activists gathered outside the Parliament building on November 8, 2020 to declare mistrust to the October 31 parliamentary elections and demand snap elections. Number of citizens attending the rally has triggered controversy. Commenting on the rally, members of the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed that quite...

The presidential elections held in Belarus on August 9 triggered mass protests. The Belarusians took to the streets after it emerged that incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the country since 1994, garnered 80% of votes. Lushashenko’s regime used force and violence to disperse peaceful protesters. Amid Belarus protests, openly pro-Russian, Kremlin-affiliated actors,...

Georgian pro-Kremlin media outlets frequently spread myths and disinformation about the Meskhetians deported from Samtskhe-Javakheti. The key messages aim at discrediting the Meskhetians and portraying them as fascists or Turkey’s allies. By discrediting the Meskhetians, pro-Kremlin media outlets are trying to justify Stalin’s policy and deportation of the Meskhetians.  One of such interviews was published...

On April 17, Prof. Zurab Guruli, U.S.-based Georgian doctor, published a post on his Facebook page, where he voiced his opinions about treating COVID-19 patients with Plaquenil in Georgia. The doctor criticized the virus treatment protocol, noting that asymptomatic patients, as well as patients with mild symptoms are being treated with Plaquenil in Georgia that...

On April 6, Nikoloz Mzhavanadze, head of Rights Defenders’ Union, posted a video on his Facebook page with a caption: “An episode from a 2018 South Korean TV series headlined “Someone Behind Me” – announcement about coronavirus.” Nikoloz Mzhavanadze supposes that the episode from the South Korean TV series “Terius Behind Me” predicts coronavirus. The...

Georgian tabloid Alia released in its May 6-12 issue an interview with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze of the Human Rights Defenders Union, who claims that due to a large number of residence permits issued by Georgia to foreign nationals, mainly to Iranians, Turks and Indians, Georgians will soon appear in the minority. Nikoloz Mzhavanadze’s statement, according to...

Georgian tabloid Asaval-Dasavali wrote in its June 16-22 issue quoting Nikoloz Mzhavanadze of the Union of Human Rights Defenders as saying that 70% of apartments in Tbilisi are bought by the Iranians and that mass immigration of the Iranians is underway in Georgia. Nikoloz Mzhavanadze: “Due to our government’s excessive tolerance, Tbilisi has been filled...

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In the November 14-21 issue of Alia, the Head of the Rights Defenders’ Union, Nikoloz Mzhavanadze stated that believers, including Orthodox Christians, would have faced problems, if Hillary Clinton had won the US Presidential Election. Mzhavanadze made the given statement based on “the words” of Tim Kaine, a Senator from Virginia and a member of...