1 Mayıs Nedeniyle Tüm Toplu Taşımaya Yasak Getiren İstanbul Valiliği: ''İşe gitseniz n'olcak? Sanki kaç para alıyonuz ki?'' zaytung.com/haberdetay.asp…

#Azerbaijan , #COP29 host, shows disregard for climate action and human rights globalvoices.org/2024/05/01/aze… my latest for Global Voices

Protests against the government's attempts to re-introduce the foreign agent bills turn violent as police in the capital, Tbilisi, resort to disproportionate force. Several journalists have been reportedly injured. For more live updates oc-media.org/georgias-forei… #TbilisiProtests

Please have your eyes on Tbilisi tonight, people have been fighting Russian foreign agents law on the street for over two weeks now.

Riot police again brutally disperses, beats peaceful protesters, civilians who have nothing to shield themselves with - without prior warning.

Stumbled on this timeline documenting the 2014 crackdown in #Azerbaijan that I put together for OBC Transeuropa - same old, same old...
balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azer…

The billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling party lashes out at the West as he vows to pass a controversial law on 'foreign agents' that has triggered huge protests bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

EU Parliament condemns the reintroduction of Georgia's foreign agent bill meanwhile Tbilisi witnesses its largest protest to date since Georgian Dream re-introduced the bill on April 3, 2024 globalvoices.org/2024/04/29/eu-… for Global Voices

I am sick of waking up every day, and learning another was detained.