Kopalnie manganu w Gruzji

A view of Chiatura, a mining town still echoing the legacy of its Soviet era, on Sept. 19, 2024. This industrial city has long relied on mining as the...

A portrait of Bachuki Gaprindashvili a protester against the mining company in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 19, 2024.

A picture of a collapsed house caused by Manganese mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 17, 2024. Several houses, with habitats face the same problem no...

A portrait of Tamazi Neparidze has repeatedly urged authorities to recognize the dire threat facing his community, in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 17, 202...

Villagers block the entrance to the mine in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2024. For preventing mining work of the company “Georgian Manganese” villager...

A picture of a collapsing house and an inclined ground caused due to Manganese mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 19, 2024.

A picture of a collapsed house caused by Manganese mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2024. Several houses, with habitats face the same problem no...

A landscape of the village Shukruti, seen the ground declining slowly, caused due to mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2024. Several years ago th...

Residents of the Shukruti village protest in front of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sept. 11, 2024. They are demonstrating against th...

A view of Chiatura, a mining town still echoing the legacy of its Soviet era, on Sept. 19, 2024. This industrial city has long relied on mining as the...

Omari Gaprindashvili activist and a former miner drinks wine at his house in Shukruti, Georgia on Sept. 18, 2024.

The ground in Shukruti is collapsing over time because of the mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 17, 2024.

A portrait of Nani Chitadze, villager from Shukruti village, actively participates on the protest with other villagers in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 19,...

A portrait of Iuri Neparidze, a former miner from the village of Shukruti, lost his job after he filed a complaint, in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18, 20...

A villager of Shukruti points to the ground-falling area, caused due to mining in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2024. Several years ago the territory w...

Villagers of Shukruti receive a court ruling in the company’s (Georgian Manganese) favor and called for the seizure of their homes in Shukruti, Georgi...

A portrait of Manana Papidze her son is one of the protesters who sewed their mouths shut in a drastic act of protest, in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 18,...

A portrait of Roman Megrelishvili (A former miner), picks apples in his yard, in Shukruti, Georgia, Sept. 17, 2024. said he was fired from his job at...

A portrait of Neparidze Makhvala, talks about her problem, of which she is facing daily, her house collapsing overtime, caused by manganese mining, in...