Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28518

Georgia: Civil Society and Press Freedom

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 12 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Stephen Gethins

Scottish National Party — Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps to support (a) civil society and (b) independent media in Georgia.

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The Foreign Secretary and I have raised our concerns over the instability and violence in Georgia directly with the Georgian Dream Representatives. I have been clear that Georgia's negative democratic trajectory, violence targeting demonstrators, and jour...

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