Tag : Georgia

Artists

The 2008 South Ossetia War brought into focus the little-understood conflict involving the secessionist movement of the Abkhaz minority, backed by the Russian Federation, Ossetia and Abkhazia, against Georgia. During the conflict, all parties committed serious human right violations. During the...
Drawing on tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia and South Ossetia, this playwright sets a love story against a backdrop of a presidential campaign in Tbilisi. After the play was published, Irakli was subjected to a campaign of harassment by authorities, beaten and forced to flee his homeland with...