DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, DFWatch — 190 persons determined to be political prisoners were Sunday released from jail as a mass amnesty comes into force in Georgia.
Prison Minister Sozar Subari was present at Prison No 6, which is in Rustavi, a town 20 km south of the capital.
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says he will continue to appoint his party members to bodies under his control.
Saturday, Saakashvili appointed Khatuna Ochiauri, member of parliament (MP) before the last election, as governor of Mtskheta Mtianeti
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia is sending documentation to Interpol in order to announce former Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili wanted and issue a so-called Red Notice.
The Interior Ministry on Friday said Interpol’s National Central Bureau in Georgia has submitted
TBILISI, DFWatch — Friday, another rally was held to demand the resignation of the local government in a small town in eastern Georgia.
The population of Tetritskharo, which lies in the Kvemo Kartli region, doesn’t want the former ruling party to govern their town,
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili has presented a new initiative to double pensions for veterans and allocate permanent pensions for families of soldiers and policemen who have died in the line of duty.
The president’s administration has prepared a
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Prison Ministry plans to release political prisoners no later than Sunday, immediately after a new law on amnesty comes into force.
Prison Minister Sozar Subari said after the government session today that the ministry will publish a list
TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was Friday set free on bail, as prosecutors have dropped two of the four charges against him.
The charge regarding setting up illegal armed units was today withdrawn, while a USD 9 000 bail was set
TBILISI, DFWatch — A court in Kiev has prolonged the pretrial detention of a former Georgian interior ministry employee for 12 more months.
Oleg Melnikov, who used to work at the Constitutional Security Department, probably the most feared body in Saakashvili’s
TBILISI, DFWatch — Parliament’s judiciary committee has started reviewing a draft bill which will free former government officials from responsibility for crimes committed while in office.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili first announced the idea in the end of
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former Georgian defense minister Bacho Akhalaia who is now in detention facing three charges wants to be judged by a jury.
Davit Dekanoidze, lawyer of Akhalaia, on Wednesday said at a press conference that his client wants his