The “Kamara” festival scheduled to take place in Gori on September 26, 2026 was postponed by the organizers due to security-related risks. The festival was part of the EU-funded project “Creative Compass Georgia.”
Georgian civil society organizations consider the imprisonment of Formula TV host and journalist Vakho Sanaia alarming, as it represents yet another step taken against freedom of expression. We believe that this court decision constitutes another attempt to suppress independent media and critical voices - a practice characteristic of authoritarian regimes of the Russian and Belarusian models.
Georgian civil society expresses its gratitude to the United States of America for its longstanding support of Georgia’s independence, security, sovereignty, democracy, and Euro-Atlantic integration.
