who returned to Georgia last year from emigration in Portugal to fight against the ruling Georgian Dream party’s “pro-Russian ...

Georgian protesters face harsh fines and surveillance for rallying against government repression and pro-Russian policies.

One protester was handed a summons with fines totaling 45,000 lari (approximately $16,000) for briefly blocking traffic on Tbilisi’s central avenue.

It was in Afton where the county’s first courthouse was built, which also functioned as a church and school. A two-story ...

In December, fines for blocking roads were increased tenfold, to 5,000 laris ($1,850), leaving thousands facing "absolutely disproportionate financial sanctions" or, alternatively, 15 days in prison.

The 60-year-old rights activist said he was "ready to face police violence" when he first joined the anti-government rallies in Tbilisi, but he never imagined that standing on the street for a few ...

She wrote a 45-page booklet for American blacks entitled, A Plea for Emigration ... made 19 trips to the South between 1850 and 1860 leading around 300 people to freedom. After the American ...