TBILISI, DFWatch — A strongman from the former government, associated with most of the torture cases in the prisons, was Tuesday night detained after four hours of interrogation at the prosecutor’s office.
Bacho Akhalaia, a firm Saakashvili loyalist and former government official,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Energy Minister says Enguri hydro power station has not been sold but is the property of Georgia. He says there were negotiations regarding the facility but they were suspended.
Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze does not comment about
TBILISI, DFWatch — Bacho Akhalaia, a firm Saakashvili loyalist and former government official, has been ordered to appear at the prosecutor’s office for interrogation today at 20:30.
Archil Kbilashvili, Georgia’s new Chief Prosecutor, said at a special
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s State Minister for Reintegration Issues says that the government should support restoring overland transportation with Russia through breakaway Abkhazia.
Minister Paata Zakareishvili said this in an interview with the newspaper
TBILISI, DFWatch — A loud discussion broke out in parliament today while lawmakers were trying to agree on who should chair a commission which will investigate former government officials.
The National Movement Party of President Saakashvili, which is now in minority,
TBILISI, DFWatch — One of the controversial cuts Prime Minister Ivanishvili wants to make in next year’s budget is to reduce funding for Georgia’s National Security Council – which had a central role in protecting the country in the 2008 war – from USD 15 million
Money donated to families affected by a severe hailstorm in July has been returned to the Prime Minister, who donated it while he was in opposition earlier this year.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former businessman and now prime minister, whose fortune is 6 billion dollars,
TBILISI, DFWatch — Society for a better Society organized a meeting between three candidates for ombudsman in front of students at Tbilisi State University on November 5, 2012.
Each candidate had 15 minutes to talk about their views and future plans.
The rights
TBILISI, DFWatch — A former government official seen by many as the main architect of the torture in Georgia’s prisons says he has returned after leaving the country shortly after the parliamentary election.
Bacho Akhalaia, who served as prison minister for three years, then defense minister for three
TBILISI, DFWatch — The unrest in Georgia’s prison system has spread to the most infamous facility in the country: Ksani prison north of Tbilisi.
At No 15 Facility, as it is officially called, thousands of prisoners have gone on hunger strike demanding that the recently appointed