Saturday, December 27, 2025

Georgian “Abu Ghraib” causes public outrage in Tbilisi

People gathered spontaneously outside the concert hall where President Saakashvili was, to show their disgust at the images of humiliating physical abuse in Georgia's prisons. The prison minister has said she will resign. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Four different videos showing physical and sexual abuse of prisoners in Georgian prisons has triggered a widespread public outrage and a demand for the prison minister to step down.

The videos were released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Internal

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Georgian woman speaks out about acting in anti-Islam film

Anna Gurji (21) unwittingly played Muhammad's youngest bride in the controversial film Innocence of Muslims. In an open letter, she says she is in shock over how she was taken advantage of by the film's producers.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian actress who played in the anti-Islam movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ has released an open letter explaining that she didn’t have any idea about the full plot of the film and only read part of the script.

Anna Gurji (21), whose real

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Emigrants return to Georgia to defend democracy

Georgians living abroad returned to their homeland Monday to fight for their right to vote. Some brought satellite dishes. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian emigrants Monday returned to their homeland to protest the restriction of their right to vote.

A number of Georgian emigrants today arrived in Batumi, a port city on the Black Sea coast, and held a protest rally in front of a public

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EU ambassador urges parties to trust observers

Bulgarian diplomat Philip Dimitrov is the EU's ambassador to Georgia. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The EU ambassador to Georgia on Saturday evaluated the election period in the country and once again remarked that it is important that participants recognize the election results if international organizations do so.

Philip Dimitrov on Saturday

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Likely scenarios for the election aftermath

Lincoln Mitchell, Associate at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia expert Lincoln Mitchell sees several possible outcomes of the election, and explained to us his assessment of the situation.

DFWatch: Your prognosis, your predictions about these elections, its outcomes are interesting.

Lincoln Mitchell: Well, we don’t know for sure

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