TBILISI, DFWatch – A scuffle broke out Tuesday while opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili was campaigning in a small village near Gori.
His opposition Georgian Dream movement says the scuffle was caused by pro-government vigilantes, but the ruling party says
TBILISI, DFWatch – The ombudsman in Georgia Tuesday asked the chief prosecutor to investigate suspected cases of prisoner mistreatment at Ksani prison.
The plea came after some of the ombudsman’s inspectors met hundreds of prisoners in that prison on June 22
TBILISI, DFWatch – Several groups in Georgia Tuesday demonstrated against ongoing torture in the country’s prisons.
140 prisoners died in prison during 2011 year, 40 percent of them had injuries on their body.
The number of suspected cases of mistreatment gets longer
TBILISI, DFWatch – Poland will send observers for the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
The Polish observers will come as part of the EU, OSCE and Council of Europe’s separate observer missions.
Earlier, a Georgian lawmaker from the ruling party said Russia might
TBILISI, DFWatch – Parties in Bidzina Ivanishvili’s opposition bloc may have their bank accounts seized.
Tina Khidasheli, one of the Georgian Dream coalition leaders, says if their bank accounts are seized, it will mean they will have to stop campaigning.
The Chamber of Control has
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group of internal refugees in Georgia today sat down in front of parliament and began a hunger strike.
Their protest is being organized by the opposition party Future for Georgia and their demand is to have their living quarters legalized.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A draft law to let small and independent TV stations get national distribution contains a loophole.
The text of the draft law became public Tuesday and shows that ‘technical’ problems will free cable companies from their obligations to carry all channels.
‘Technical
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has renewed his old election pledge about getting his country into NATO, as he is facing parliamentary and presidential elections.
The promise has been a mainstay of Saakashvili’s election campaigning since the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia once again draws attention to an unprecedented Russian military exercise that is planned for September and will for the first time take place insidethe two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
A foreign ministry spokesman Monday said,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia will enforce media diversity, but only for sixty days, according to a new draft law.
The draft envisages passing a law that will secure the population diverse access to TV channels. Currently, most of the population only have access to channels