Daily Archives: May 20, 2017

Georgian priest walks out on first day of his murder trial

By | May 20th, 2017|Categories: Crime|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A high profile trial of a Georgian priest accused of planning to murder the patriarch’s personal secretary got off to a dramatic start Friday as the defendant left the courtroom in protest and asked his lawyers to do the same. This was the first hearing […]

Gay pride film screening canceled in Tbilisi after bomb threat

By | May 20th, 2017|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The screening of a gay pride film in a Tbilisi park had to be canceled Friday evening after someone called in a bomb threat. LGBT people, rights activists and others, mainly youth, had gathered in Mziuri Park for a screening of the British historical comedy […]

Georgian ECHR judge: ‘Raid of my brother’s flat was related to my job’

By | May 20th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) suspects that a police raid against her brother’s apartment was connected to her work. “I have reason to believe that [the police raid] is related to my work at the European Court of Human Rights. […]