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Pro-democracy campaign wants equal access to media
by Mari Nikuradze | May 18
TBILISI, DFWatch – A pro-democracy campaign in Georgia Thursday presented their latest package of modifications to various aspects of the election system, as there are four months left until the parliamentary elections. Among issues they presented to an audience of
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Saakashvili says NATO must not hesitate this time
by Rusiko Machaidze | May 18
TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says 2012 has many parallels to 2008, and that NATO needs to show decisiveness to avoid a new war between Georgia and Russia. He says NATO hesitated in 2008, and must show more decisiveness at a summit in Chicago
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Border guards inside David Gareja monastery
by Rusiko Machaidze | May 18
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian government says it will solve the problems with the David Gareja monastery complex on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border. The government raised the issue after witnesses reported that Georgian citizens and tourists aren’t allowed into a
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Georgia’s labor code allows firing someone for political views
by Mari Nikuradze | May 18
TBILISI, DFWatch - There are two articles in Georgia’s Labor Code which entitles employers to terminate a labor contract without giving any explanations or preliminary warnings. A teacher from a village in the Gori region was fired because of her husband’s political
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Anti-homophobia demonstrators were beaten
by Mari Nikuradze | May 17
TBILISI, DFWatch - A celebration of the international day for the fight against homophobia Thursday turned violent as demonstrators were beaten and posters torn. Members of the two organizations LGBT Georgia and Identoba and their supporters held the event in front of
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Pro-democracy campaign wants equal access to media
by Mari Nikuradze
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Saakashvili says NATO must not hesitate this time
by Rusiko Machaidze
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Border guards inside David Gareja monastery
by Rusiko Machaidze
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Georgia’s labor code allows firing someone for political views
by Mari Nikuradze
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Anti-homophobia demonstrators were beaten
by Mari Nikuradze
Opinion
- NGOs’ proposal: concrete step towards fair elections
Last week was remarkable due to the activities of a number of NGOs (such as TI Georgia, GYLA, ISFED, Coalition for Free Choice, Media Coalition and others), which several months ago started a civic movement called “This Affects You Too”, writes... - Inefficient system for releasing prisoners due to illness
Recent practice and statistics have revealed the extreme severity of the problem of inefficiency of the legal mechanisms that envision release of convicts from imprisonment due to their serious illness, writes Tamta Mikeladze, lawyer at Georgian Yo... - Violence against journalists on World Press Freedom Day
TBILISI, DFWatch - During several days, while the whole world was celebrating World Press Freedom Day, journalists have been violated, insulted, beaten or deprived of their cameras and belongings in Georgia, writes Tamar Chugoshvili, leader of Geor... - Disappearances inefficiently investigated by Georgia and Russia
During and after the Russo-Georgia conflict in August 2008, there have been a lot of human rights violations committed by both parties in the conflict, such as unlawful and disproportionate use of force by the military, unlawful detention of person... - Major Aspects of the Public Service Reform
One of the priority directions of Georgian Development Research Institute (GDRI) is the concept on public service reform, writes Levan Izoria, lawyer at the GDRI. The aim of the given concept is to create a guarantees for the independence of the... - Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Georgia
In 2011, within the framework of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s European Integration Program, a report: Implementation of European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan (ENP AP) for 2011 in Georgia: Assessment of Civil Society Representatives wa... - Russian investigation of violations against ethnic Georgians in August 2008 war
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) in partnership with the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and the Russian Justice Initiative (RJI) have lodged a number of cases against the Russian Federation of victims of 2008 August war w... - Eavesdropping without judicial oversight is no longer permittedOn 28th of February 2012, the Constitutional Court of Georgia upheld the complaint of Georgian Young Lawyer's Association and repealed article 8.2 of the Georgian law on “operative investigative activity.” Only if the investigative authority has ob...
- The Truth about Denial of Citizenship
A couple of days ago the Government of Georgia denied the Georgian billionaire Bizdina Ivanishvili the Georgian citizenship for which Mr. Ivanishvili, a child of Georgian parents, one who was born, grown up and educated in Georgia, applied in early...
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- Man sets himself on fire at parliament
TBILISI, DFWatch - A man Thursday set himself on fire at the parliament building because the government hasn’t helped him. Parliament employees managed to put out the fire. Then police and firemen arrived and arrested Giorgi Chikhladze. He did... - Channel 9 buys stake in local TV
TBILISI, DFWatch – The recently founded Channel 9 TV, which is affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream party, has bought a ten percent share in a popular regional television station, TV Trialeti, for one million dollars. Channel 9 Dir... - EU criticizes police brutality in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch - In a new report, the EU Commission criticizes Georgia’s government for the police brutality on May 26, 2011. The criticism comes as the Commission is taking stock of how well each country has performed in 2011 under a democracy ... - Georgia makes the income of officials secret
TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgia is doing away with a law which guaranteed the public access to information about public officials. This means that details about the income, expenses and social benefits of public persons will remain unknown to the public.... - Anger in Tbilisi over reasons for deadly flood
TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition representatives in Georgia say the flood that took five lives Sunday could have been prevented. The discussion led to a street scuffle between a district governor and an opposition party representative. Besik G... - Georgian agency denies having misinformed about flood
TBILISI, DFWatch - As Georgia's capital was drenched in rain water, and a stream flooded a district, killing five, reports went out from the national emergency agency that what caused the disaster was that the river Mtkvari had burst its banks. ... - New doubt about Ivanishvili's political rights
TBILISI, DFWatch – The parliament in Georgia Tuesday once more modified a set of constitutional changes which were meant to let Saakashvili’s main competitor participate in elections. At the second hearing, Vakhtang Khmaladze, legal expert and r... - Georgia’s ruling party allows Ivanishvili to run
TBILISI, DFWatch - Lawmakers in Georgia have finally achieved consensus for constitutional changes which will give opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili the right to participate in elections, without being a Georgian citizen. The amendment was ... - Teacher in Georgia fired for not loving Saakashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch - Teachers are suffering political discrimination in Georgia ahead of an important election. Only in Shida Kartli, a region bordering on South Ossetia, 21 teachers were fired because their family members supported or were member... - Georgia’s parliament finally gets a price tag: $82.5 mill
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Saakashvili regime has finally revealed how much it is spending on building a new parliament building: USD 82.5 million. Finance minister Dimitry Gvindadze says the whole process with building a new parliament is completely ... - Ivanishvili sells off his assets in Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch - Saakashvili’s main political opponent Bidzina Ivanishvili will sell all his property in Russia by the end of May. The billionaire said this after it became public that his shares in companies in Russia were already sold. Acc... - What caused the flood in Tbilisi?
TBILISI, DFWatch - Residents in the disaster struck district of Tbilisi speak about different reasons causing damage during heavy flooding Saturday night. Heavy rain caused mud slide from ravines down towards residential houses and streets. Orta... - Kalmakhelidze orders more crowded prisons in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prisons in Georgia are to become more crowded, as the maximum limit on number of inmates is raised, and two prisons are closed down. It's the controversial Minister for Corrections and Legal Assistance, Khatuna Kalmakhelidze... - Renewed Georgia Party organized refugee protest
BILISI, DFWatch - On Saint Andrew's Day May 12, refugees from Abkhazia gathered at the parliament building in Tbilisi to demand attention from the government and that it gets back the lost territories. Refugees claim this is their first large meeti... - Journalists' rights are still under pressure in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – After a series of incidents with security and police, journalists gathered in Tbilisi to share their stories and inform foreign diplomats. Association of Regional Broadcasters had prepared a documentary based on material fro...
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