Friday, December 5, 2025

NGOs call for new impact assessment of gigantic power dam

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A gigantic planned hydro power station has brought environmentalists out in the streets in Georgia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Georgia ask the government for answers about the construction of Khudoni hydro power station. There are many questions regarding environmental and social issues.

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and an

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Increasing discrimination of religious minorities in Georgia

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A Jehova’s Witnesses book stand on Freedom Square, Tbilisi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A human rights group claims there has been an increase in discrimination of religious minorities in Georgia in 2013.

On November 15, Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall, located in Upper Etseri, Samegrelo, West Georgia, was shot at twice.

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Better regulation of vehicle procurement by public offices

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Sopho Chareli is a Project Lawyer at Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association.

The issue of procuring vehicles by public agencies has frequently been discussed by the public and the media for the past several years. Procurement of luxurious cars by high state officials with state money has also been criticized.

State procurement which is linked

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Few Roma families take part in elections in Georgia

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The lack of formal registration makes it difficult to know the exact number of Romas who live in Georgia. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Meliasanovs, a Roma family of nine, did not participate in the last presidential elections, because they are registered far from where they actually live.

However, they don’t believe that the elections would improve their hard social and financial

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Georgian Church against homeless shelter run by LGBT group

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The planned homeless shelter. (Channel One.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Church, the Patriarchate, is against the opening of a shelter for homeless people. The plan has been proposed by the organization Identoba, which protects the rights of LGBT people in Georgia.

A private individual donated a building

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Minaret conflict in Chela, Georgia, still unresolved

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The minaret is still in storage outside Chela, while locals hope the government will solve the conflict. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The conflict over a minaret that was dismantled in a small Georgian village is far from over. Locals are continuing their fight to have the minaret restored, and claim that the guarantee of freedom of religion in the Georgian Constitution supports

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