'Our only homes are collapsing due to ore extraction by the Georgian Manganese company' - Giorgi Neparidze, a resident of Shukruti village in Western Georgia. Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-manag…

Thank you to everyone who donated to our GoFundMe campaign to support independent media in 🇬🇪. We have already started getting safety equipment for journalists. Getting ready for the very important autumn in Georgia. The campaign is ongoing. You can still support media there!

Remember Ivanishvili's Baobab trees from Kenya? Well, according to Dendrological Park, all eight of them died. They blamed the United National Movement and other "opposition forces" for it. :) On trees: oc-media.org/kenya-blocks-e… Statement: facebook.com/Dendrologicalp…

So the court just banned Shukruti people from protesting and the Georgian Manganese (which damaged their homes) subcontractor (who sued them) demanded ₾5 million from them. The ruling should be enforced immediately despite appealing. About protest: oc-media.org/in_pictures/in…

Meanwhile, GD election banners are already in the best spots all over the country. It's based on a deceitful promise to join the EU. "To Europe with only peace, honor and prosperity", it says as the gov't practically halted Georgia's EU integration in the past two years.

Azerbaijani writer and OC Media contributor Samad Shikhi has reportedly been detained at Baku airport as he was attempting to leave the country.oc-media.org/azerbaijan-rep…

Shortly before his arrest, Bahruz Samadov (the Lack Observer) submitted an opinion on Az-Turkey relations. While trying to get it out, we learned that another of our contributors Samad Shikhi was detained. We are worried about others... Linking Bahruz's latest op-ed below. oc-media.org/opinions/opini…

Once again went back to Shukruti, where people again sewed their lips shut, desperate for any attention from the government or even public defender after 5 months of renewed and 5 years of protest against mining, which damaged their houses. Heartbreaking. oc-media.org/features/three…

OC Media didn't register as "agent".. ‘The coming months will be difficult for us’, OC Media’s Nikuradze said, ‘as we face financial sanctions, and even the possibility of criminal prosecutions’. ‘But we owe it to our readers to stay true to our values’. oc-media.org/oc-media-refus…

🇬🇪 At least 139 attacks on media workers were identified in #Georgia in 2023-2024, 62% of which were committed by government officials. Over the last 18 months journalists faced both physical attacks & hate campaigns. Read our new report to learn more ⬇️ jfj.fund/attacks-on-med…

Georgia is happy today again. I love seeing city and people like this 🥹 Everyones out: Georgia vs Czechia - 4:1.

This will last hours. Not only protests are impressove here, but celebrations too :)) More of these, please!

PM Kobakhidze announced a grant program initiative for those orgs that registered in the so-called foreign agent database. 'Those who do good work and serve the interests of the Geo people will receive double funding from the state budget than they received from foreign donors.'

OC Media is offering a paid opportunity for up to 15 journalists to observe and report on the parliamentary elections in Georgia on October 26. 🡆 Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1E-RMUq…