Georgian non-governmental organizations condemn the enforcement of Russian laws, according to a joint statement by these organizations.

The Georgian NGOs express solidarity with their colleagues who have been approached by the Anti-Corruption Bureau with demands for “comprehensive and confidential information.”

As noted in the joint statement by some of the non-governmental organizations, this demand lacks any legal basis or legitimate interest and serves as a mechanism for political retribution.

Representatives of the third sector declare that they “do not and will not live by Russian rules.”

“We, representatives of Georgian civil society, express solidarity with our colleagues—Civil Society Foundation, Transparency International Georgia, Sapari, Academy of the Future, and Economic Policy Research Center—against whom, on June 17, the Ivanishvili-Kuprashvili Anti-Corruption Bureau, using Murusidze’s court, made demands for comprehensive and confidential information. This demand is neither based on legal grounds nor legitimate interest. It represents a mechanism for political retribution aimed at suppressing critical voices. The requested information includes personal, banking, medical, and social data about our beneficiaries—women, children, victims of violence, minorities, and socially vulnerable individuals. Protecting them is our professional and moral obligation. We declare clearly and unanimously—no one stands alone in this fight. This ideological and institutional persecution against civil society is a direct replication of the Russian model. We will not surrender Georgia’s future—not to Ivanishvili’s regime, not to Murusidze’s court, nor to the authoritarian systems of Putin and Lukashenko.

We fight together—for each other, for our beneficiaries, and for a free Georgia.

We do not and will not live by Russian rules,” states the joint statement of the non-governmental organizations, joined by:

Media Development Foundation (MDF)

Environmental Community Organization – Eco Civic Activity Center

Lakmusi

Platform for New Opportunities

NEOGENI RICDOG – Scientific-Intellectual Club “Dialogue of Generations”

Tsertili

Tbilisi Pride

Georgia Down Syndrome Association

Human Rights Center

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED)

Free Journalists’ House

Partnership for Human Rights

Center for the Rule of Law

European-Georgian Institute (EGI)

Europe Foundation

EECMD

Civic Idea

Green Alternative

Prevention for Progress

Georgia’s Democratic Initiative

Defenders of Democracy

Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture – GCRT

Proactive Group

Georgia Alliance of Women with Disabilities

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

Democracy Research Institute

Neo TV and Georgian Media Group (GMG)

Platform “Salam”

Georgia’s European Orbit

Civic Advocacy Center

Georgian Reforms Association

Institute for Democracy

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)

Platform “By the Side of the Socially Vulnerable”

Georgian Civil Society Development Association

Media Ombudsman

Georgia’s Court Watch

Georgian Democratic Development Union

Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics

Center for Innovations and Civic Development – House of Progress

Qvareli Euroclub

Civic Movement “For Freedom”

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