Tbilisi, DFWatch – Legal experts, lawyers, judges, and non-governmental organizations gathered at Holiday Inn in Tbilisi to discuss draft amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedures concerning jury trial worked out by the Ministry of Justice.
News
Journalist detained for putting up poster mocking Ivanishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia on Friday detained an opposition-leaning journalist for putting up a poster mocking billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Tamar Chergoleishvili, founder of a television company strongly supportive of the National Movement, was detained with two others as they stuck a poster on
ICC prosecutor arrives in Georgia to conduct 2008 war probe
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived in Georgia Thursday, to determine if there is basis for a trial for war crimes in the 2008 war.
Bensouda earlier this week filed a 160 page long request to authorize an investigation
Georgian parliament considers bill to restrict early marriage
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament is to consider making it mandatory to get a court’s permission for persons of the age 16 to 18 to get married.
The bill was put forth by parliament’s judiciary committee and is based on a recommendation
South Ossetia plans to open new border crossing
TBILISI, DFWatch–The breakaway region South Ossetia plans to open a new border crossing to make it easier for relatives to keep contact.
This will be the fourth border crossing between the breakaway area and Georgia proper, and will connect the villages Khelchua
Georgia to allow human rights inspectors to take photos in prisons
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government will from next year allow the Public Defender’s Office to take pictures inside prison.
This will allow photographic evidence to be obtained in cases where there is suspicion of abuse, or when sanitary conditions
ISIS commander from Pankisi reported to have died in Iraqi air raid
TBILISI, DFWatch–An Iranian news agency reports that Omar Al-Shishani, an ISIS commander who originally comes from Pankisi, Georgia, has died in an Iraqi air raid. The reports have not yet been confirmed.
IRNA reports that Iraqi fighter jets wounded
U.S. designates Akhmed Chatayev as a terrorist
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United States has listed a Chechen with Russian citizenship who was released by the Georgian government in 2012 as connected to the Islamic State.
The updated list of individuals affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, states
Construction work starts on new children's hospice in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work began Saturday in the north of Tbilisi on what will become in Georgia’s first palliative care center for children.
The initiators of the new hospice marked the start of construction work in the village Dighomi, a Tbilisi suburb.
