Things have been developing quickly over the past 2-3 weeks in Georgia, but in the last couple of days, they have progressed at an unimaginable speed. The ruling Georgian Dream party has employed various tactics targeting civil society, escalating to an extreme level. 1/6
Exclusive know-how: 100s, if not 1000s, of people—activists, NGO reprs, media, and their families—are receiving calls from foreign cell numbers, with insults and threats. This is very likely a coordinated and centralized effort to sow fear and intimidate civil society. 2/6
An increasing number of physical attacks on representatives of NGOs, media, and teachers, either in the streets or at their homes, have been reported. They are being attacked by so-called Titushky. 3/6
https://x.com/EtoBuziashvili/status/1786169904975970682
The ruling Georgian Dream party is not even waiting for the passage of the Russian-style foreign agents law, it's already operational. Today, they announced the creation of a database (a kind of enemy/blacklist) where they will place all individuals undesirable to them. 4/6
Following this statement, at least two Telegram channels were launched today that began leaking personal information, including the addresses and phone numbers of representatives of NGOs, media, activists, etc. 5/6
There's already massive terrorising happening in Georgia and the Russian copy-pasta Agents Law is not even passed yet. 6/6
It was right after I finished tweeting this post that Tbilisi was shaken by news of Titushky attacking at least 4 ppl simultaneously in different locations: uni professor, protest organizer, politician. Now, the regime is targeting dissenters at the entrances of their homes. 7/7
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