{"id":"SIG-GEO-005","country":"Georgia","excerpt":"Front Line Defenders Aug 28 2025: Aug 27 2025 — Tbilisi City Court grants freeze on 7 organizations: Civil Society Foundation, ISFED, IDFI, Democracy Defenders, GDI, Sapari, SJC. ISFED Director: \"$2,500 gas masks presented as proof of state sabotage.\" Mid-Aug: 6 CSOs receive ACB FARA inspection letters. Sep 22: 30 CSOs receive ACB inspection requests under Grants Law.","date_text":"27/08/2025","actor_text":"Tbilisi City Court; Prosecutor's Office","source_url":"https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/prosecutors-office-freezes-bank-accounts-seven-more-human-rights-and-civil-society","campaign_id":"GEO-CAMP-001","incident_id":"GEO-005","observation":{"target":"ISFED; IDFI; Sapari; HRH Tbilisi; Shame Movement; 2 others","case_id":"GEO-005","country":"Georgia","signal_id":"SIG-GEO-005","harm_track":"Track 1 — Legal/Administrative","source_url":"https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/prosecutors-office-freezes-bank-accounts-seven-more-human-rights-and-civil-society","campaign_id":"GEO-CAMP-001","source_type":"Official/Regulatory","tactic_code":"TC-15 (Bank Account Freeze); TC-21 (Criminal Investigation)","target_type":"Individual Organization","enabler_type":"","trigger_type":"TR-06: Legislative Milestone","actor_primary":"Tbilisi City Court; Prosecutor's Office","actor_function":"execution","campaign_phase":"Phase 5: Systemic Assault","enabler_status":"","event_date_raw":"27/08/2025","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"exact","campaigns_served":"","confidence_notes":"Month/year August 2025 confirmed. Specific date TBC. | Date confirmed exact: August 27, 2025. Tbilisi City Court grants Prosecutor's motion to freeze accounts of seven organizations: Civil Society Foundation (formerly OSGF), ISFED, IDFI, Democracy Defenders, Georgian Democracy Initiative, Sapari, Social Justice Center. Sources: Front Line Defenders August 28 2025; Civil.ge August 27 2025; FIDH/OMCT August 29 2025; Caucasus Watch August 27 2025. ADDITIONAL CONTEXT: mid-August 2025 — six CSOs receive ACB inspection letters for FARA violations (failure to register as foreign agents). September 22 2025 — up to 30 CSOs receive ACB inspection requests under Amended Law on Grants (IBAHRI October 2025). Timing: linked to anticipated EU suspension of Georgian visa-free travel (Eurasianet/Jamestown). ISFED Director Natroshvili: \"We bought gas masks for employees — $2,500 worth of protective gear presented as proof of state-level sabotage.\"","escalation_stage":"5","narrative_origin":"hybrid","narrative_density":"high","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"Front Line Defenders Aug 28 2025: Aug 27 2025 — Tbilisi City Court grants freeze on 7 organizations: Civil Society Foundation, ISFED, IDFI, Democracy Defenders, GDI, Sapari, SJC. ISFED Director: \"$2,500 gas masks presented as proof of state sabotage.\" Mid-Aug: 6 CSOs receive ACB FARA inspection letters. Sep 22: 30 CSOs receive ACB inspection requests under Grants Law.","consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2025-08-27","trigger_to_signal_lag":"0-3","primary_narrative_code":"NF-01","primary_narrative_label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-03","institutional_consequence":"7 orgs frozen; directors criminally summoned","secondary_narrative_label":"Regulatory / AML Framing"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Official/Regulatory","target_text":"ISFED; IDFI; Sapari; HRH Tbilisi; Shame Movement; 2 others","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2025-08-27","confidence_notes":"Month/year August 2025 confirmed. Specific date TBC. | Date confirmed exact: August 27, 2025. Tbilisi City Court grants Prosecutor's motion to freeze accounts of seven organizations: Civil Society Foundation (formerly OSGF), ISFED, IDFI, Democracy Defenders, Georgian Democracy Initiative, Sapari, Social Justice Center. Sources: Front Line Defenders August 28 2025; Civil.ge August 27 2025; FIDH/OMCT August 29 2025; Caucasus Watch August 27 2025. ADDITIONAL CONTEXT: mid-August 2025 — six CSOs receive ACB inspection letters for FARA violations (failure to register as foreign agents). September 22 2025 — up to 30 CSOs receive ACB inspection requests under Amended Law on Grants (IBAHRI October 2025). Timing: linked to anticipated EU suspension of Georgian visa-free travel (Eurasianet/Jamestown). ISFED Director Natroshvili: \"We bought gas masks for employees — $2,500 worth of protective gear presented as proof of state-level sabotage.\"","secondary_source_url":""}