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⚠️ GEL 121.3 million in contracts awarded without competition.
In Samtskhe-Javakheti, companies linked to Georgian Dream donors won three water supply tenders unopposed: Gza won two and Invest Group won one.
💧Gza’s two contracts total GEL 90.8 million, while Invest Group’s contract is worth GEL 30.5 million. Together, they account for 45.5% of the total value of the region’s ongoing water supply projects.
In other words, almost half of the funding for these projects is covered by contracts won without competition.
🔗 See the full research: bit.ly/4BhLfyo
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No one should be imprisoned for speaking freely, standing up for their beliefs, or exercising their fundamental rights.
Ahead of the International Day of Political Prisoners on October 30, Freedom House joins the October 30 Coalition in calling for sustained international action to secure the release of political prisoners worldwide and hold their persecutors accountable.
We must continue to raise their names, stand with their families, and demand their freedom.
Read our joint statement: freedomhouse.org/article/joi…
#FreeThemAll
1️⃣ The company changed hands, but GEL 132.7 million in water supply contracts stayed in the family. Gza is carrying out three projects in Samtskhe-Javakheti, accounting for 49.8% of the total value of the region’s ongoing water supply projects.
2️⃣ Gza previously belonged to Georgian Dream MP Giorgi Chkonia. Its owner is now GI Capital, held equally by Lia and Tea Chkonia. The company’s direct owner has changed, but it remains linked to the MP’s family. Gza’s executives have donated a combined GEL 360,000 to Georgian Dream.
🔗 See how millions of GEL are being distributed among companies linked to ruling party donors: bit.ly/4BhLfyo
1️⃣ Which companies are receiving GEL 266 million for water supply projects in Samtskhe-Javakheti?
💧 Seven ongoing projects are being carried out by five companies whose owners and executives have donated a combined GEL 676,000 to Georgian Dream.
2️⃣ The projects are worth GEL 266.1 million in total. Almost half, GEL 132.7 million, is covered by three contracts awarded to Gza.
⚠️ Another important detail: three tenders were won without competition. Those contracts total GEL 121.3 million.
🔗 See how millions of GEL are being distributed among companies linked to ruling party donors: bit.ly/4BhLfyo
⚠️ Banning Georgia’s pro-Western opposition parties would end political pluralism and electoral democracy.
Ahead of the October 21–23 hearings, TI Georgia's analysis finds that the lawsuit fails to meet constitutional requirements and lacks sufficient evidence.
🔗 bit.ly/3VP7nQB
✊ Transparency International Georgia expresses solidarity with "TV Formula" host and journalist Vakho Sanaia. ⬇️
3️⃣ Vakho Sanaia is being punished for exposing the Bidzina Ivanishvili regime and "Georgian Dream," for his principled stance, and for his struggle for Georgia's European future.
⭕️ How much does it cost to win a government auction in Batumi?
52 of 57 completed auctions had no competition. Meanwhile, people linked to 8 winning companies donated GEL 1.5M+ to Georgian Dream.
🔗 Read full investigation: bit.ly/4ym8BjM
⭕ A terrorism charge based on a scent allegedly identified by police dogs?
Our new analysis examines the case against Aleko Elisashvili and reveals serious flaws in the evidence, no reliable identification of the perpetrator, and no proof of terrorist intent: bit.ly/4ebgZLF
🚫 “Regime.” “Oligarch.” “Political prisoners.”
These are just 3 of the 93 words and phrases Georgia’s Communications Commission has prohibited critical TV channels from using. Through this approach, the Commission is seeking to cripple critical media.
🔗 Full list: bit.ly/4hxO2f6
1️⃣ The Persecution of Georgian Fighters: A Joint Operation by Ivanishvili’s Government and the Kremlin?
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, hundreds of Georgian citizens volunteered to fight against Russian occupying forces in Ukraine.
3️⃣ Our analysis focused on Gia Baramidze, Aleko Elisashvili, Irakli Okruashvili, Davit Katsarava, Mamuka Mamulashvili, and other Georgian volunteers fighting in Ukraine.
4️⃣ Such coincidence does not itself establish coordination. However, when public discrediting is followed by prosecution, imprisonment or other severe measures, there are reasonable grounds to suspect an attempt to curry favour with Russian authorities.
🔗 bit.ly/4AToctA
