Friday, December 5, 2025

Backlash after prison abuse scandal: Study

Nino Lomjaria (ISFED) (left), Eka Gigauri (TIG) and Tamar Chugoshvili (GYLA) (right), in a photo published by the NGOs after a press conference earlier this year.

TBILISI, DFWatch — After a series of videos were released September 19, documenting torture of prisoners, more than 40 activists were put in administrative detention, an old Soviet-style form of punishment.

The finding is part of in a new study by three non-governmental

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Police beat and arrested demonstrators

From the first night of demonstrations against prisoner abuse September 18, 2012, outside the old Philharmonic, now known as Tbilisi Concert Hall. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, a crowd of demonstrators tried to move in on a public service building in Tbilisi as President Mikheil Saakashvili was inside attending the opening ceremony.

But police blocked the road and prevented people outraged over recent revelations

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Georgian communications watchdog sabotaging must-carry

Levan Dolidze, who led the study, says they have seen proof that cable operators gave information to the commission which the commission claims it didn't receive.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A study concludes that Georgia’s National Communications Commission is failing to cooperate effectively with society.

The study was done by the must carry monitoring group, which estimates that out of the 3 621 256 voters in Georgia, over 200 000

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Students demonstrating for their rights

The protesting students talked with the rector Monday, but the situation was not resolved. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of university students refuses to attend lectures when the new academic year begins 17 September. They claim that the quality of education is not on the level they expect, based on how much they pay.

The student’s movement Laboratoria 1918

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Students demand fired professor reinstated

The students say a professor was fired because of her political views, while the university claims she was made to leave after the contract expired. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Students at the state university in Tbilisi have launched a protest to demand that a lecturer who was fired for her political views gets back her position.

Professor of philosophy and gender researcher Lela Gafrindashvili was teaching various

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