Daily Archives: June 14, 2013

Georgia to offer amnesty for illegal surveillance material

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Eka Beselia, head of the parliamentary committee on human rights. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is proposing an amnesty for people who are in the possession of illegally obtained footage of someone’s private life and are willing to hand it over to the Interior Ministry. A bill has been drafted and will soon […]

Families of war dead to get increased compensations

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Families of dead military soldiers, including those who died during the war in Abkhazia in 90s and those who died as part of Georgian soldiers’ participation in the NATO-led ISAF force in Afghanistan, will receive USD 600 monthly from 2014. Defense […]

Phasing out bonus system for parliamentarians had little effect

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Despite the phasing out of bonuses, the income of members of parliament has not decreased significantly. According to data published by Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), even though the parliament elected in October 2012 […]