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Reporter and photojournalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Co-founder and Executive Director at OC Media
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Protesters block Rustaveli for the 87th day of protest. I will be away for the next ten days, so keep an eye on @ocmedia.bsky.social about updates from Georgia and Caucasus.

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Day 8 of the protest: reading names of ten more Georgians killed in Ukraine to pay tribute to them. "Glory to heroes! Glory to Ukraine, victory to Georgia and Ukraine", they chant.

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"In 2024, a significant number of incidents (111 out of 298) were categorised as physical attacks and threats to life, liberty and health. The vast majority (87 out of 111) were committed by representatives of the authorities." Worked on this report for JFJ, full report: jfj.fund/attacks-on-m...

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Day 85 of the protest: reading names of ten more Georgians killed in Ukraine to pay tribute to them. "Glory to heroes!" They chant.

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84th day of protest: protesters are reading names of Georgan soldiers killed in Ukraine, ten names each day. "Glory to Ukraine, glory to Georgia, fire to oligarchy", they chant

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A large pinata of Khareba, the infamous head of Georgia’s Interior Ministry’s Special Tasks Departments on Rustaveli was burnt.

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Fireworks outside parliament.

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Another very elaborate installation for Bidzina Ivanishvili's birthday at protest. There are rats, potatoes, "men milk", us flag, bagging tray

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Daily march from Public Broadcaster also arrived. They read out names of Georgian soldiers killed in Ukraine. "Victory to Georgia, victory to Ukraine", they chanted.

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So there is a cake for Ivanishvili's 69th birthday. It has Putin and Ivanishvili on it.

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GD's Bidzina Ivanishvili turned 69 today.

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Protesters block Rustaveli. There was a rumour that Ivanishvili ordered to end protests for his birthday, which is today. Protesters sing a song full of deregatory terms for Georgian Dream.

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Today's protest is themed for GD founder billionarie Bidzina Ivanishvili's birthday. There are black balloons, ribbons and more to come. People are only gathering now.

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"A village sacrificed for manganese" - a film I made with my colleague Dato Tamazashvili for Chai Khana today was awarded EU prize in journalism. It is about villagers of Shukruti facing injustice from the mining company and government. Link with EN subtitles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-T...

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From yesterdays demonstration "No to Russian dictatorship".

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After reading letters from prison, protesters lit lanterns in front of the parliament.

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Reading out letters from prison. More than 50 protesters were arrested during spring and December protests facing criminal charges, some up to 9 years.

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From better angle: demo "no to Russian dictatorship".

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"No to Russian dictatorship" demo just started.

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"No to Russian dictatorship", demo is gathering on Europe Square. March will go to Freedom Square.

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79th day of protest in Tbilisi. Every Friday, marches are organised for the protesters facing criminal charges.

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This is a copy of a newspaper "cell 101", made in prison by Zviad Tsetskhladze, a 19-year-old activist, leader of youth movement Dapioni, who was arrested during December protests and is facing up to 9 years in jail. Cell 101 was distributed at the daily protests.

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Daily march from the Public Broadcaster heading to Rustaveli on 79th day of protest.

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OC Media's contributor Tamar Mchedlidze has been nominated for the EU prize for Journalism for best student work of the year for her story on Georgia's stand-up scene during last year's foreign agent law protests. oc-media.org/a-stage-for-...

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"Free Afgan Sadygov", "Freedom to Mzia" (Amaglobeli). Both journalists are on a hunger strike in prison, Mzia for a month, Afgan for several months already in serious condition.

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78th day of protest.

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Today, more than ever before, dozens of protesters and some journalists among them are getting calls or visits from the police notifying them about being fined "for blocking road" on Rustaveli. The amount of fine is USD 1,770 now.

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This is a story by my colleague from RFE about Georgian police and how they treat women protesters. “Go home and do the washing-up rather than stand here”, I heard. Someone shouted from the third row, “Look how many whores are here”, “Tinder whores” ’, Anano recalled." oc-media.org/you-100-whor...

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77th day of protest - march to honor Paata Burchuladze Georgian operatic bass who is active at protests. Georgian National Opera House denied to allow holding a ceremony in his honor for his 70th birthday so instead a march was held from Concert Hall to parliament today accompanied with his music.

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Interior Ministry appealed to court against!!! Lekso Keshelashvili of Publika, who was beaten by the police on 29 November. They accuse him of petty hooliganism and police disobedience. Police also took away two of his cameras and never returned them.

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Day 76th of protest. Rustaveli gets blocked without police intervention.

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"TV Imedi has a stated goal — to prevent the opposition from gaining power — a goal former employees say has overtaken all questions of ethics." This article is based on the accounts from former Imedi TV employees, absolutely recommend! oc-media.org/a-cog-in-the...

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Petition for Mzia Amaghlobeli. It's day 31 of her hunger strike. "For over two decades, she has fought for press freedom, democracy, and Georgia’s European future. Now, she sits in pre-trial detention, risking her life for the same values she has always defended." www.change.org/p/mzia-amagh...

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On the 75th day of protests in Tbilisi police tried to prevent peotesters from blocking Rustaveli, but protesters still managed to block it. Several people were detained.

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74th day of protest. Police put more effort not to let protesters block Rustaveli, but it srill gets blocked.

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"While Amaghlobeli sits in jail, those who committed brutal attacks on her media colleagues remain free." Wrote an opinion about Mzia's case. It's 27th day of her hunger strike in jail. oc-media.org/opinion-mzia...

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We at OC Media relaunched fundraiser to help out media on the brink of collapse due to cuts in USAID funding as well as increased pressure from GD. Money received in February will go to those outlets who need it most urgently not to shut down. Spread the word! www.gofundme.com/f/help-media...

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A cat named News is a cat of @netgazeti.org. They shared this photo today with a small caption that News the cat has been waiting for Mzia Amaghlobeli for 26 days now. Apparently, she favoured Mzia the most in the office. It is 26th day of Mzia's hunger strike in prison today.

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⭕️ BBC on Mzia Amaglobeli; A clear and factual account of the events surrounding Mzia’s unlawful arrest and unjustified pre-trial detention. #GeorgiaProtests #repressioningeorgia #terroringeorgia www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Lasha Ckhvimiani went on a hunger strike in Dmanisi seven days ago to protest criminal charges of arrested protesters. On Sunday, a protest was held in his support in Dmanisi centre. A march was also organised on the main street. Chkhvimiani ended his hunger strike on the 7th day.

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Georgian Dream announced that they are increasing administrative detention to 60 days. It's 15 days now.

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A large amount of police is mobilised outside Tbilisi mall where there is planned a protest rally to block entrance to Tbilisi. There is a demo of students from Free University to come here, there's a lot of police there too.

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65th day of protest on Rustaveli.

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"Freedom to polotical prisoners", march happening now in Tbilisi, going to parliament.

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Some photos from today's protest outside the Public Broadcaster. More photos from today: www.instagram.com/p/DFbLgl3oTt...

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Demo is starting from the Public Broadcaster.

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There is a larger protest outside the Georgian Public Broadcaster today. Protesters just blocked the road. They will go to parliament later it's 63rd day of protest.

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Join us today at 22:00 (Tbilisi) live on X spaces with Mariam Nikuradze of OC Media, Irma Dimitradze of Batumelebi and Russian media researcher Ilya Yablokov to discuss Georgia's media environment and parallels to the media crackdown in Russia. 🔔 twitter.com/i/spaces/1DX...

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On this week's podcast at OC Media we spoke with @netgazeti.org's @irmadimitradze.bsky.social about Batumelebi/Netgazeti founder Mzia Amaglobeli's case. Mzia has been on a hunger strike for 17 days now in prison. oc-media.org/podcast-mzia...

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