TBILISI, DFWatch — Leaders of People’s Assembly and Democratic Movement demand the release of political prisoners and illegally arrested people as soon as possible.
Nino Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement, and Irakli Batiashvili from People’s Assembly today
TBILISI, DFWatch — The physical harassment and psychological pressure against the district election commissions is continuing.
Activists from the Georgian Dream party, which won the parliamentary election last week, are now accused of harassing local authorities in Marneuli
TBILISI, DFWatch — The prison minister in Georgia says he will put together a monitoring group to let human rights activists and the media into facilities to check the conditions.
Apart from non-governmental organizations and the media, the monitoring group will also have
TBILISI, DFWatch — An extraordinary meeting took place in Tbilisi today, as President Mikheil Saakashvili received billionaire and election winner Bidzina Ivanishvili and his political partners at the presidential palace.
After Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream coalition won the
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Dream coalition leader and likely prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili today named his candidates for government ministers and other top positions.
Head of Georgia’s National Bank will be Nodar Javakhishvili, chair of Cartu Bank, a bank affiliated
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s state accounts by are by September 2012 at one of the highest levels during the past few years at more than two billion, nearly USD 1.22 billion.
The state budget for 2013 is 9 billion lari, USD 5.5 billion, which is more than half a billion
TBILISI, DFWatch — Negotiators for the government and Georgian Dream Monday held another round of consultations regarding the ongoing process to transfer power.
Participants said afterwards that Monday evening consultations will start between current ministers and Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili Monday presented his candidates for government ministers and other important positions, after his coalition won the parliamentary election one week ago.
The candidates will need approval by parliament.
Candidate
TBILISI, DFWatch — Groups on Sunday protested against the attack on a well-known Georgian writer who was beaten after participating in a TV debate about the publishing of the names of prison employees by a newspaper.
About 50 people gathered outside a police station
TBILISI, DFWatch — Protests continue after a Georgian newspaper published the names of employees at a prison scandalized by revelations of torture.
On Saturday evening, a well-known writer who has been engaging in the protests was attacked and beaten.
Asaval-Dasavali,