TBILISI, DFWatch–‘Stop ISIS’ was the slogan of a rally organized by the Yazidi community in Tbilisi as a show of solidarity with their besieged countrymen in Iraq, who suffer from ruthless savagery by the terrorists from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
TBILISI, DFWatch–A government official in Georgia has provided details about the internal work of a United Nations committee tasked with overseeing the human rights situation in member countries.
Levan Isakhanyan, Head of the Department of Legal Affairs, Relations
TBILISI, DFWatch–For seven years, children in the small predominantly Azeri village Lambalo in Georgia have had to attend school classes in old barns.
In 2006, a group of experts announced that the old school in Lambalo had been sold and it was closed. The school
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