Daily Archives: October 4, 2012

Marking World Animal Day

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: Society|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — While the country is rocked by political tension, rallies and protests, up to twenty students and others today gathered at Tbilisi Concert Hall to mark World Animal Day. They told DFWatch that they view it as a day for the protection of animal rights […]

Gamkrelidze leaves politics after election defeat

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — The leader of a decade old party has said he is leaving politics, sticking to a promise to leave if his party did not make it into parliament. The New Rightists Party, which was established in 2001, gained only 0.43 percent of the votes in the parliamentary […]

Missing Ivanishvili guard returns home

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — A former body guard for the Georgian Dream coalition, who was reported missing, returned home today. In a ‘leak war’ shortly before the election, Beso Surmava, former security guard for Bidzina Ivanishvili, was one among those who released secret recordings […]

Wave of demonstrations against election fraud

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Dream and others are protesting outside the election commission offices in nineteen one-past-the-post districts where the National Movement party is winning. According to the latest figures from the Central Election Commission, Georgian Dream […]

Saakashvili lost in his favorite region

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: Elections, Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party lost the election in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. This is his favorite region which he visits frequently. Georgian Dream coalition got 57.6 percent of the votes according to the most recent figures from the […]

Anger after newspaper names prison guards

By | October 4th, 2012|Categories: News, Prisoner abuse|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch — One of Georgia’s most popular newspapers on Wednesday revealed the identity of guards working in a controversial prison where serious abuse was revealed two weeks ago. The list shows the names, address and date of birth of prison guards and employees working at […]