Georgia’s election took place amid 'widespread' intimidation, European observers say

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(27 Oct 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbilisi, Georgia - 27 October 2024 1. Wide news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Iulian Bulai, Head of the PACE delegation: “The quality of the elections reflected the trends we noted during the pre-electoral period, including questions about impartiality of state institutions. We were concerned about hate speech against civil society and dissenting opinions triggered by the controversial law on transparency of foreign influence. During our