Daily Archives: September 25, 2012

CEC introduces de facto photo ban at precincts

By | September 25th, 2012|Categories: Elections, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has established many prohibitions on the use of photographic equipment at election precincts, which in fact restricts and makes it impossible to take photos on Election Day. Use of photos may document […]

Protests not abating in Georgia over prisoner abuse

By | September 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – The wave of rallies and demonstrations against torture in the prison system shows no signs of abating in Georgia, as on Monday thousands of youth took to the streets to demonstrate. The organizers were several youth organizations, and people […]

Saakashvili calls abuse videos a conspiracy

By | September 25th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili dedicated a long speech to recent events in the prison system in a speech while meeting with locals in the port city Batumi. He said it was a shock for him, meaning the footage aired on TV, which shows beating […]