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Ruling party in Georgia gave voters sheep for Easter

Voters were given a sheep and 20 liters of wine as an Easter gift from Mikheil Saakashvili's political party. (Photo: Thomas Quine.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Two organizations in Georgia have published information which shows that the party of President Mikheil Saakashvili bribed voters. The groups calls for the Chamber of Control and the Prosecutor’s office to react.

As only five months are left until

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Stop the harassment of journalists, say Tbilisi protesters

Activists in Tbilisi recollected how four photographers who documented police brutality were accused of being Russian spies in June 2011. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – ‘I am a reporter, not a spy’; ‘we want free media’ – these were some of the slogans seen during a demonstration in Tbilisi Thursday to mark World Press Freedom Day.

The first rally started at 12:00 noon. Protesters symbolically tied their eyes,

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'We'll reunite breakaway regions through negotiations'

Irakli Alasania led negotiations with Abkhazia early in Saakashvili's presidency. Now an opposition politician, he says there will be a new effort if the opposition wins in October. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia says if it wins October’s election, it will get back the breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia through negotiations, with Germany as mediator.

Irakli Alasania, an ex-diplomat and opposition politician who

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