Wednesday, April 29, 2026

UN: Georgian IDPs have right to return to Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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IDPs from Abkhazia living in a Sanatorium in Western Georgia (DFWatch)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the ninth consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly on June 7 passed a resolution calling for the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the wars in Georgia in the early 1990s.

The first resolution

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Femicide bill rejected by Georgian parliament's human rights committee

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Tamar Kordzaia (pictured) and Tamar Khidasheli proposed the femicide bill. (Photo published by Georgian Dream.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The human rights committee in parliament on Monday rejected a proposal by two MPs from the majority faction to make femicide a crime.

It would have taken seven votes for the committee to approve the draft. Only three voted for it;

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Ivanishvili invites 10 TV channels to his residence for a joint interview

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Among the invited channels to interview Ivanishvili there are Maestro, Rustavi 2, Imedi, Kavkasia, GDS, Tabula (2030)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – After negotiations between former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili and two opposition TV channels fails, the billionaire and Georgian strongman issues a statement inviting 10 major TV channel to a press conference.

The conference is scheduled on Tuesday at Ivanishvili Sololaki residence at noon.

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Civic groups brace to appeal Constitutional Court bill

Meeting of civil society organizations to discuss Constitutional Court Bill. June 3. Tbilisi (Facebook)
Meeting of civil society organizations to discuss Constitutional Court Bill. June 3. Tbilisi (Facebook)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Civil society organizations brace for appealing revised constitutional court bill, and express their discontent with the final version of the bill that includes the president’s objections.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili vetoed a bill on Constitutional Court on May 31,

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