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TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has described more details surrounding the death of Shalva Tatukhashvili, which it says shows that he could not have been tortured during interrogation.
Tatukhashvili, a former deputy department head
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, on Wednesday met with his Polish counterpart Bronisław Komorowski.
Margvelashvili spoke about Georgia’s integration with Europe and Poland’s experience in the same regard.
The two also discussed security
TBILISI, DFWatch–As NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels and discussed the Ukraine crisis, the alliance’s secretary general underlined that it supports Georgia’s borders.
“At this time, it is more important than ever to stress that the breach of territorial
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government hopes its country’s citizens will be able to travel to Schengen countries visa free from 2016 at the latest.
Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili said on Monday that he hopes to see the first phase
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Wednesday began a two day visit to Poland.
On the first day of his visit, Margvelashvili was to meet his Polish colleague, after which they were slated to hold a joint press conference.
He will also meet with
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new poll, 52 percent of Tbilisians say they would vote for the Georgian Dream candidate for mayor if the local elections were held tomorrow.
Four percent say they won’t vote for anyone, and 18 percent haven’t decided yet.
Another source
TBILISI, DFWatch–The 27 candidates for the Board of Trustees of Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) will be interviewed live on GPB’s Channel 2 Wednesday and Thursday.
After going through a round of interviews, a shortlist of 15 candidates will be sent to parliament,
TBILISI, DFWatch–76 prisoners were released before the end of their sentence term today; two minors and one woman.
The Prison Ministry’s local board of parole discussed the cases of about 900 prisoners who have served more than half of their sentence in cases
TBILISI, DFWatch–The lawyer and the family of a man who died after questioning claim the Prosecutor’s Office tortured him to produce false testimony and that he died as a result of torture.
The results of the autopsy will be known by the end of the week. Meanwhile,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Discrimination of sexual, ethnic and religious minorities, child marriage, family violence, bullying in schools, people affected by hydro power development and mistreatment of prisoners.
These are some of the human rights challenges in the Georgian