Daily Archives: March 11, 2016

Students occupying university building in Tbilisi

By | March 11th, 2016|Categories: Youth|Tags: , |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Protesters continue to occupy a building at Tbilisi State University, demanding a transparent process for electing the university’s management amid allegations of interference by the State Security Agency. On the second day of protest, […]

Compromising video of opposition politician posted on Youtube

By | March 11th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A video depicting the sex life of a politician from the opposition was Friday posted on Youtube and privately sent to several Georgian journalists by e-mail. Some of the media outlets disclosed the name of the person in the video, but later apologized. […]

Life of Muslim Meskh repatriates at South Ossetian boundary line

By | March 11th, 2016|Categories: Minorities|

Salim Iskanderov (DFWatch) Tsitelubani, DFWatch – The Iskanderov family members tell the story of life on the move, Meskh activism in Georgia, and challenges of life at the ABL. When DF Watch first knocked on Salim Iskanderov’s door, he was suspicious. […]

Students clash with police over candidate for university assembly

By | March 11th, 2016|Categories: Youth|Tags: , , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Students clashed with security guards and police at Tbilisi State University on Thursday while trying to prevent the election of a new chancellor of the university senate. The assembly of the senate had to be canceled. Students continue […]

Man attacks Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kutaisi

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(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A man attacked a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kutaisi, western Georgia, on Thursday. The inebriated attacker beat him and tore book and, leaflets and smashed the JW stand. The incident took place on Thursday morning near […]

Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia exchange prisoners

By | March 11th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia exchanged prisoners with South Ossetia and Abkhazia at the Enguri on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality, agreement was reached with the de-facto governments of Abkhazia and South Ossetia […]