The Secretary General of the Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, believes that the briefing announced by the Helsinki Commission on the current situation in Georgia will contain messages saturated with lies, a vision based on lies, and an attempt to mislead the international community.

We know what attitude these people [Laura Thorton and Joe Wilson] have towards our country, what their visions are. I do not expect anything different, there will be the same messages saturated with lies, a vision based on lies, and an attempt to mislead the international community. I think the same messages will be voiced that we have been hearing in recent months and years, especially from these people," Kaladze said.

For information, the Helsinki Commission will hold a briefing on the situation in Georgia.

According to the commission, the briefing, titled "Georgian Dream’s escalating crackdown on dissent," will be held on January 28 at 11:00 p.m. Tbilisi time.

“Since October 2024, Georgian Dream, Georgia’s ruling party, has plunged Georgia into its worst human rights crisis since independence. They have passed more than 20 new laws that expand state power to suppress dissent and strip the judiciary of its independence.

The crackdown has swept up civil society, journalists, and political opposition alike. Authorities have frozen the bank accounts of organizations providing legal aid to protesters, arrested journalists, and summoned opposition figures for sham proceedings, jailing them for refusing to recognize their legitimacy. Peaceful protest now results in steep fines and lengthy prison sentences.

This briefing will examine the deteriorating human rights situation, Georgian Dream’s evolving tactics to punish and demoralize dissenters, and paths forward for Georgia”, reads the information.