In a wider extension, Trump

Opposition politicians have declined to attend the commission hearings, saying they are politically motivated by Georgian Dream to damage the opposition, particularly Saakashvili’s United National Movement party.Speaking to reporters before the hearing, Japaridze said he knew that he would be arrested but that he did not

of Georgia’s current parliament or its commission.“The regime is trying to kill the civil society,” Japaridze said. “They’re killing the opposition parties and this is just one example of what they are doing now.”“We have to continue the fight; we have to go out to the streets. We will win this battle only from the street, because there are no democratic institutions holding elections in this country anymore.”

Japaridze and seven other opposition leaders who did not attend the commission are expected to appear before a court in coming days. If found guilty of failure to comply with a parliamentary investigative commission, they face up to a year imprisonment.Georgia has seen widespread political unrest since the country’s last parliamentary election on

which was won by Georgian Dream. Protestors and the country’s opposition declared the result as illegitimate amid

helped by Russia, sparking weeks of protests across the country.The White House already has

in federal research grants to colleges it accuses of not doing enough to curb antisemitism, particularly during protests against the Israel-Hamas war. It also has moved to deport foreign students over their involvement with pro-Palestinian demonstrations, including Columbia University studentIris Chiou, a 28-year-old Taiwanese American medical student in Madison, Illinois, says she’s scared for foreign students who could face deportation. She wonders how long

“The fact that you have people disappearing and being deported, being functionally kidnapped, I think that’s going to scare people — which it’s probably supposed to,” said Chiou, who is a Democrat. It will keep people from discussing “what they care about.”, there’s now a ban on students wearing masks to hide their identities and protesters must show identification when asked. Meanwhile,