DFWatch staff TBILISI, DFWatch – Davit Akobia, former employee at Gldani prison — also known as Prison No 8 — was this morning arrested on the border with Armenia. He has been mentioned as one of the persons behind video footage showing torture of prisoner.
The Prosecutor’s Office
TBILISI, DFWatch – Wednesday morning Georgia’s prison minister resigned after scandalous footage of prisoners torture was published in the media and through the internet.
Tens and hundreds of thousand have protested all over Georgia, demanding the resignation of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a new video clip of prisoner torture in Georgia, an underage prisoner is shown being sodomized by prison guards.
The clip was aired today on the opposition channel TV9. It shows an underage prisoner (meaning under 18 years) being physically and
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president admits that Georgia’s prison system is a complete failure and needs to be repaired.
Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday instructed his prime minister to take responsibility for reforming the system and ensure the safety of
TBILISI, DFWatch – A series of protest rallies have erupted throughout the capital and large cities in Georgia, after shocking videos of prisoner abuse released by the interior ministry and aired on two opposition TV channels last night.
Some of the footage appeared
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
TBILISI, DFWatch – The energy sector receives the largest share of direct foreign investments this year.
Investments increased 7 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared to same period in 2011, and totaled USD 219 million, according to preliminary figures
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
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
TBILISI, DFWatch – The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and the Czech Republic said during a visit to Georgia that the parliamentary election in two weeks are important.
The ministers met with Georgia’s foreign minister, and the main topic