TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has promised once more to find a solution so Muslims in Batumi can have a place to pray. The only mosque in the city is too small to fit all the Muslims coming to pray.
For decades, Muslims have been asking for permission
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian ombudsman addresses law enforcement bodies to properly and effectively investigate the attack on priests at an Armenian church on July 19.
On Saturday, about 50 people attacked Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi. The Armenian Diocese
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 50 people physically attacked priests at an Armenian Church in Tbilisi on Saturday.
The Armenian Orthodox Church says the attack was motivated by religious and ethnic prejudice, but Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Chechen refugee continues to claim that he is being harassed by government bodies and that he is not allowed to cross the Georgian border.
Non-governmental organizations and the Ombudsman appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop violating his
TBILISI, DFWatch–A British citizen says he has been subjected to racial discrimination in Tbilisi.
Dancer Aaron Shikamaru Charles has lived in Georgia for two years. His wife, Nutsa Eristavi, is Georgian and the artist couple carry out joint projects here.
Aaron says
TBILISI, DFWatch–There are many obstacles to integrating minorities in Georgia, according to a new report published on Thursday by the Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality.
Problems include access to information and education, not knowing the
TBILISI, DFWatch–On June 23, DF Watch invited members of three non-governmental organizations working with minority issues to discuss how well ethnic minorities were able to participate in the June 15 local election.
Our point of departure was the fact that
TBILISI, DFWatch–Jehovah’s Witnesses in Georgia continue to be under pressure as another community denies the establishment of a prayer house.
This time, it is locals in Terjola, a town in Imereti, western Georgia, who refuse to allow another community
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tural is a 19 years old high school graduate who plans to go on to university and study IT. The problem is, the teaching language at university is Georgian, which he doesn’t know well enough.
Like many of his peers, Tiral chose to study
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Patriarch Ilia II has met with Viktor Gamm, vice president of Billy Graham Evangelical Association which faced some hurdles when it organized Festival of Hope in Tbilisi.
The patriarch expressed his sorrow about the way the organizers