Thursday, April 30, 2026

Georgia sending team to investigate sexual misconduct in CAR

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Tina Khidasheli. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian military police is preparing to send a team to the Central African Republic to investigate alleged sexual crimes committed there by Georgian soldiers.

Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli said Wednesday that investigators require some

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Transgender woman found dead in Tbilisi

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Bianka Shigurova can be seen in the center of this photo (wearing a hat) from November, 2015. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A transgender woman was found dead in her apartment in Tbilisi on Thursday. She had apparently suffocated due to a gas leak.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) confirmed the death of Bianka Shigurova and said an investigation has been

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Topadze's use of Down's syndrome as term of abuse stuns parliament

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Gogi Topadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian parliament member Wednesday used Down’s syndrome as a term of abuse.

Gogi Topadze, previously known for his praise of Stalin a few months ago, claimed that the president in his national address compared the Georgian

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Parliament will consider making it a crime to offend religious feelings

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Eka Beselia, head of the human rights committee. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia might bring in a new law that makes it a crime to offend ‘religious feelings’.

A member of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition has submitted a bill in parliament which was supported by the human rights committee.

The bill

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Georgia may amend Constitution to bar same-sex marriage

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Zviad Tomaradze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A controversy is brewing in Georgia over whether it should be written into the Constitution that a marriage is union between a man and a woman.

The idea has been around at least since former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili suggested it in March

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