Dec 4, 2024
Former US officials condemn violent crackdown on protesters in Tbilisi and recommend US policy measures
By: David J. Kramer
Former U.S. national security officials and Georgia experts have been alarmed by the recently escalating repression of freedom of speech and assembly in Georgia and the Georgian Dream-led government’s longer-term antipathy for democratic norms. The following letter, signed with 17 of our colleagues, outlines our concerns and proposes policy measures that the U.S. government can take to respond to these urgent challenges to the rights of the Georgian people: