Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Three detained as anger boils over outside Akhalaia trial

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Crowds awaiting the verdict in the case against Bacho Akhalaia. Many see him as responsible for the prison torture. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people were Tuesday detained at a rally outside Tbilisi City Court where the case against ex-minister Bacho Akhalaia went on.

In a few days, the court will announce its verdict in the final case against Akhalaia which deals with torture

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Two drowned in Georgia mine accident

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Mine workers in Chiatura pictured during the strike in November, 2012. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two mine workers have drowned in a mine in Chiatura as result of an accident as water flowed up while they were drilling in an old mine.

Roland Nozadze, 51, shift leader, and Iuza Samkharadze, 49, worker, died as result of an accident. Two other

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Ivanishvili launches his candidate's presidential election campaign

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (left) and candidate for president Giorgi Margvelashvili with supporters in Nokalakevi. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili opened the Georgian Dream coalition’s election campaign on Monday, in the historical town Nokalakevi.

The event marked the official launch of the coalition’s election campaign and its candidate for president,

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Ex minister submits US Justice Department report in own defense

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Police used excessive force on May 26, 2011, according to Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The lawyer of the detained former prime minister Vano Merabishvili demands to stop the criminal prosecution against his client, or at least release him on bail, after the publication of a report commissioned by the US Justice Department.

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EU calls for restraint after shooting near South Ossetia checkpoint

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The village Kveshi. (Radio Tavisupleba.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In the morning of August 10, there was a shooting incident close to the so-called administrative border around South Ossetia. A patrol car of Georgia’s Interior Ministry and representatives of EUMM were present.

The Georgian Interior Ministry in

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Former prisoners demand Supreme Court chair's resignation

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Demonstrators in Batumi don’t want any ‘cohabitation’ between the Saakashvili regime and the current government. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former political prisoners and refugees from Abkhazia held a rally in Batumi on Sunday outside the prosecutor’s office in Adjara to demand the arrest of Supreme Court Chairman Kote Kublashvili and the dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili.

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