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Nino Ugrekhelidze

Opinion Salome Chagelishvili, Kate Kroeger and Nino Ugrekhelidze 19 July 2024

Georgia’s foreign influence law targets human rights activists. Here’s how funders can take action

Earlier this month, the controversial Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which severely restricts civil society in the country, went into effect in Georgia. The law, similar to legislation in Russia that has been used …

Conference reports Ekaterine Danelia and Nino Ugrekhelidze 3 June 2024

Regimes and resistance in CEECCNA regions: A few puzzle pieces

´Our region is on fire ́ says Nick Antipov, an LGBT+ defender from Belarus who lives in exile due to his political organising under Lukashenko´s regime. Those of us from Central and Eastern Europe, the …

Conference reports Angelika Arutyunova, Nukri Tabidze, Aizada Arystanbek, Nino Ugrekhelidze and Salome Chagelishvili 24 May 2024

Georgia in the spotlight: It’s time philanthropy showed up for us and with us, in a different way

Since late April, images and videos emerging from the protests in Tbilisi, Georgia, have stirred a range of emotions from disbelief to outrage. Hundreds of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in response …