TBILISI, DFWatch – A day before the parliamentary election, the embattled prison ministry in Georgia made a push to explain it is doing something to improve health care for inmates.
Since the abuse scandal broke, 107 prisoners have been transferred to prison hospital, 78 to civilian hospitals,
TBILISI, DFWatch – An unprecedented 61 000 local observers will follow tomorrow’s parliamentary election, head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) says.
There are more than 33 000 representatives of election subjects and representatives of political parties in
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the largest opposition coalition says there will be set a new precedent in Georgia’s recent history, when the government is changed through election.
Bidzina Ivanishvili appeared confident in front media after meeting
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian patriarch on Sunday stated that he expects Monday’s election to be without fraud and that people will vote for who they want.
Numerous polls have shown Patriarch Illia II to be the most trusted person in Georgia, scoring higher than
TBILISI, DFWatch — Russian soldiers have arrested a Georgian police employee inside the occupied territory. Georgia considers this an attempt by Russia to create tension in the current situation.
Russian media first reported that Georgian law enforcers Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Dream coalition which is challenging President Saakashvili’s power in Monday’s parliamentary election, mobilized over a hundred thousand supporters in the center of Tbilisi Saturday.
The coalition also held a rally in the country’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – 111 different organizations have been approved as election observers for the parliamentary election in Georgia on Monday October 1.
61 of them are from abroad, while 50 are local non-governmental organizations.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The party currently in power in Georgia Friday organized a rally counting thousands at the national football stadium in Tbilisi.
Majoritarian candidates and other members of the United National Movement party, as well as government officials, held
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. National Democratic Institute will observe Georgia’s parliamentary election on October 1.
According to NDI’s Georgia office, the observer mission contains seven persons, out of which are current and former members of the US Congress,
TBILISI, DFWatch – According to Georgia’s public defender, yet another hunger strike has been launched, this time at Prison No 19, for prisoners suffering of tuberculosis.
About 30 prisoners in the prison went on hunger strike on September 25. Their demand is to