• Raising awareness of the imprisonment of political activist Maia Topuria and civil rights abuses against her in the Georgian judicial system.
• Examining U.S.-Georgian relations, progress of democratic reforms in Georgia, and Georgias entry into NATO.

Duration: July 9, 2007 to October 31, 2008

General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $10,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS)

Affiliated organizations: Maia Topuria

Related Foreign Entities: Maia Topuria (Tbilisi, GEO); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%