Georgia: Human Rights and Press Freedom
Commons · Question 63232 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Georgian counterpart on (a) human rights and (b) the independence of the media in Georgia.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 1 Jul 2025
On 15 May I raised my wide-ranging concerns about recent repressive legislation on civil society, media, and the opposition; restrictions on freedom of assembly and arbitrary arrests; and growing anti-Western rhetoric with high-level representatives of Ge...