Daily Archives: September 19, 2012

Underage prisoner sodomized by guards

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – In a new video clip of prisoner torture in Georgia, an underage prisoner is shown being sodomized by prison guards. The clip was aired today on the opposition channel TV9. It shows an underage prisoner (meaning under 18 years) being physically and […]

Prisoner abuse in Georgia – Saakashvili’s ticking time bomb

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – For the last 24 hours, the whole of Georgia has been concerned about five videos released by different sources that show physical and sexual abuse of prisoners. People spontaneously took to the streets to show their disgust, and protests are still […]

Saakashvili: ‘Georgia’s prison reforms a complete failure’

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president admits that Georgia’s prison system is a complete failure and needs to be repaired. Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday instructed his prime minister to take responsibility for reforming the system and ensure the safety of […]

Massive outcry over prisoner abuse videos

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A series of protest rallies have erupted throughout the capital and large cities in Georgia, after shocking videos of prisoner abuse released by the interior ministry and aired on two opposition TV channels last night. Some of the footage appeared […]

Georgian “Abu Ghraib” causes public outrage in Tbilisi

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Four different videos showing physical and sexual abuse of prisoners in Georgian prisons has triggered a widespread public outrage and a demand for the prison minister to step down. The videos were released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Internal […]

Georgian communications watchdog sabotaging must-carry

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – A study concludes that Georgia’s National Communications Commission is failing to cooperate effectively with society. The study was done by the must carry monitoring group, which estimates that out of the 3 621 256 voters in Georgia, over 200 000 […]

Satellite dishes will not be distributed after all

By | September 19th, 2012|Categories: News, Politics|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Negotiations a TV company and the government about installing satellite receivers have failed. The director of Maestro TV claims the government’s offer to negotiate about the distribution of the equipment was just a ruse, and that it never planned […]