There is still time to pressure Georgian authorities The Georgian Dream government is still sensitive to international pressure. It has provided legal aid and other support to protesters facing attacks, acted as a watchdog against government overreach, monitored and reported on human rights violations, and pressured authorities to uphold their legal obligations to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. As the Georgian Dream government took these extraordinary steps, Georgian civil society and their partners sought to raise the alarm: predicting the weaponization of these laws, and others, to target them. In August – as civil society warned – the Georgian Dream government launched its first investigations into independent civil society under the new FARA law. The Georgian Dream government is still sensitive to international pressure.