Londa Beria TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia comes in at 51. place in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). In the previous ranking, the country was in 64. place.
The CPI is prepared by Transparency International and scores and ranks countries and territories based
TBILISI, DFWatch — A new report shows that Georgian TV companies have problems with bringing balanced and objective information.
Channel 9, which belongs to Prime Minister Bidizna Ivanishvili, is now positive to the new government, but before the election
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former owner of a Georgian TV station claims that he was forced to sell it by the former government.
TV Mze (which in Georgian means ‘Sun’) was launched by millionaire Vano Chkhartishvili, a member of parliament before the Rose Revolution in 2003
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two human rights groups in Georgia have opted out of a working group tasked with identifying political prisoners, because they believe there is too much time pressure to handle each case in a responsible way.
The working group for political
`TBILISI, DFWatch — A lawyers group warns about religious differences in a village in western Georgia.
The confrontation began on November 2 between Christian and Muslim Georgians in the village Nigvziani in the western part of the country.
Controversy erupted when
TBILISI, DFWatch — Society for a better Society organized a meeting between three candidates for ombudsman in front of students at Tbilisi State University on November 5, 2012.
Each candidate had 15 minutes to talk about their views and future plans.
The rights
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former owner of a telecommunication company claims that the company was under serious pressure, because he refused to install listening devices.
Caucasus Online is one of the biggest telecommunication companies in Georgia. Its former owner,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Psychologists say juvenile prisoners are serving time under very bad conditions in Georgia.
Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) found out that juvenile prisoners were tortured last year.
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TBILISI, DFWatch — It is still unknown what will happen to a Russian language TV channel based in Georgia.
PIK TV is one of the channels run by the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Since October 12, PIK has been had reduced programming, broadcasting old material
TBILISI, DFWatch — A lawyers group’s has won a lawsuit against the Georgian parliament.
Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) protested the law about operative investigations, which gave power to observe and participate in open and closed internet