Ivanishvili’s regime launched a full-scale legal assault on Georgia’s civil society, - Lithuanian MEP Rasa Juknevičienė said in response to information spread by Georgian NGOs that the Anti-Corruption Bureau is requesting the transfer of personal information of citizens under their protection without legal grounds.

“NGOs are hit with impossible demands under bogus court orders - a Kremlin-style move.

EU must respond with tough sanctions ASAP”, the MEP writes.

Representatives of non-governmental organizations announced today that the Anti-Corruption Bureau has “begun enforcing Russian laws through the Murusidze court.” According to them, the Anti-Corruption Bureau is demanding the transfer of personal information of citizens under their protection without legal grounds. According to representatives of the third sector, they are taking legal action against these orders because “they do not intend to live according to Russian laws.”