TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in the small Georgian town Kobuleti on the Black Sea coast are protesting against the construction of a madrasa, a religious educational facility for Muslims.
As a sign of protest people killed a pig and placed its head at the entrance
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 50 Yazidis have fled from Iraq to Georgia and applied for political asylum here.
DF Watch September 3 organized a discussion about the situation.
Dimitry Pirbar, head of the Religious Council of Yazidis in Georgia, said he had been to Iraq
TBILISI, DFWatch–Kurdish Yazidis who fled from Iraq are seeking asylum in Georgia.
Agit Mirzoev, the head of House of Yazidis in Georgia, told DF Watch that about 50 Yazidis have come to Georgia and asked the government for asylum.
He said another group is expected
TBILISI, DFWatch–A ten-day summer camp was organized in mid-August for about one hundred Georgian Muslim and Christian children. The camp is aimed at making friends, train and educate, as well as breaking down prejudices about religion.
Giorgi Jaiani, 15, came
TBILISI, DFWatch–63 percent of Georgians think it is important to protect the rights of minorities, but they don’t want such protection extended to sexual minorities.
National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Monday published the results of its newest survey of public
TBILISI, DFWatch–Years have passed without a solution to the need for a new mosque in Batumi. The governments keep promising Muslims that they will make a decision, but according to Muslims, both the central and the local government are attempting to delay
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