TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Economic Development is the most closed public institution in Georgia, in terms of providing public information.
This is one of the findings in a new report published Friday by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).
TBILISI, DFWatch–Government officials tried to pressure the president’s pardon commission into releasing certain prisoners, former commission head Aleko Elisashvili claims.
The current head of the pardon commission, Zviad Koridze, says he can confirm Elisashvili’s
TBILISI, DFWatch–On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Public Defender as usual published a brief report about the situation in Georgia in terms of human rights.
DF Watch compiled an overview of the most important issues discussed in the report.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who married a 13 year old girl and now has two children by her will not face trial for sexual relations with a minor, prosecutors have decided.
Nadim Paksadze, who is now 21, was under investigation for marrying a minor, which has become
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is in negotiations with Turkey about locating all 274 Georgian prisoners in that country in the same jail.
The Georgian prison minister visited Turkey’s justice minister Tuesday and discussed conditions of Georgian prisoners,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Orthodox Church issued a short statement Sunday evening explaining that Patiarch Ilia II never meant to ask for legislative amendments to grant him the right to pardon prisoners.
December 5, the patriarch attended a performance by women prisoners at Rustaveli Theatre,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church has asked for the power to pardon prisoners.
Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II said Saturday that he thinks a patriarch should be able to pardon prisoners and added that he has spoken with the prime minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–The current president of Georgia on Friday revoked the citizenship of his predecessor, Mikheil Saakashvili, who is now governor of Odessa in Ukraine.
Georgian legislation doesn’t allow dual citizenship. Since Saakashvili became a citizen of Ukraine
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 200 workers went on strike Wednesday morning at BP’s South Caucasus gas pipeline expansion project in southern Georgia.
Their demands are to increase their reduced working hours and reduced salaries, and to get paid for working on weekends
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 6.9 percent more visitors to Georgia during the last eleven months, compared to the same period last year, according to the Interior Ministry.
There is no official data about how many of visitors are tourists, but the MIA counts the number