Daily Archives: June 9, 2012

Journalist shot at in Georgia

By | June 9th, 2012|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A TV journalist in Georgia was shot at while driving in her car last night. Ia Tinikashvili, reporter for Maestro TV and Interpressnews in the Shida Kartli region, was returning to Gori after finishing a report in the village Akhrisi, fifteen […]

Minister in Georgia wanted to electrocute opposition athlete

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TBILISI, DFWatch – An athlete in Georgia claims that a government minister said he wanted to electrocute him as punishment for joining the opposition. The would-be victim, 2004 Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri, joined the Georgian Dream movement of billionaire […]

Ivanishvili lawyers were denied to submit evidence

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TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawyers working for a Georgian opposition leader accuse a judge at Tbilisi City Court for being subjective. Lawyers representing Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been taken to court by the Chamber of Control’s (CoC) financial audit branch, criticize the […]

Georgian TV channel off air, campaigners concerned

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TBILISI, DFWatch – A democracy campaign in Georgia expresses concern about the order to switch off Channel 9, a TV station owned by Bidzina Ivanishvili’s wife. The campaign This Affects You Too is also concerned about the switching off of radios in minibuses in Tbilisi […]