Daily Archives: February 10, 2016

Interior Ministry answers critics about hidden cameras in police cars

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday explained a proposal to place video cameras in unmarked police cars, which was criticized the day before. “Recently, the media have purposely replicated the opinions of the so-called […]

Different versions of murder tell of divide in mixed Shia Sunni village

By | February 10th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A picture of a young man hangs in the yard of the Shia mosque in Ponichala, a suburb of Tbilisi known as Soghanlughi, or Soğanlıq in Azeri language. A note is attached to it, saying: ‘Your blood will annihilate Wahhabism and wash it off this land’. […]

Should unmarked police cars be equipped with video cameras?

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A proposal to put cameras in unmarked police cars and use video recordings to fine drivers for traffic violations is met with suspicion in Georgia. According to the bill, police will be entitled to install secret video cameras in unmarked patrol […]

LGBT organisations distance themselves from same-sex marriage initiative

By | February 10th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|

Tbilisi, DFWatch – LGBT rights organisations condemn Giorgi Tatishvili’s initiative for same-sex marriages as a provocation and accuse pro-Russian political and radical religious forces of interference. On 27 January, Giorgi Tatishvili, an activist […]