James E. Risch: “The tragic situations there cry out for us using every tool in our diplomatic toolbox to help deal with the humanitarian…”

What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia.

Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.

The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.

the United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security, and it is a relationship that has been based on shared values.