TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia has enforced new tough rules that make it prohibited to bring cell phones and other recording devices into court rooms.
Also prohibited are photo and video equipment.
The government does not comment on the issue.
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Teliasonera starts new ethics program after criticism
TBILISI, DFWatch – The recent criticism against Swedish telecom giant Teliasonera’s cooperation with totalitarian regimes in the former Soviet Union has prompted the company to start a new program for ensuring that human rights are observed.
-We denounce all human rights
Saakashvili government will allow media diversity, temporarily
TBILISI, DFWatch – A leading lawmaker in Georgia has modified a statement he made yesterday, that the government will support a proposal from democracy campaigners.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze yesterday said he and the ruling National Movement party will vote
Ivanishvili: I don't own any companies in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has been fined USD 45 million but refuses to pay, says he doesn’t own shares in any Georgian companies.
According to Ivanishvili’s official Facebook page, he says he no longer owns shares in Cartu Bank nor in any other
Internal refugees forced out of their homes
TBILISI, DFWatch – Nodar is a refugee from Abkhazia, the breakaway Georgian republic. He has lived with his family in an old hospital in Tbilisi.
But in 2010, Nodar was informed that they had to vacate their home the next day. “They promised that we will have good
Georgia confronts the human trafficking trade
TBILISI, DFWatch – After the U.S. State Department published a report on human trafficking which indicated Georgia as a site of the illicit business, the Georgian Ministry of Justice responded by claiming to be a first tier country along with developed states as Germany.
Georgian government gives in to democracy campaign's demand
TBILISI, DFWatch – A leading lawmaker in Georgia says he is positive to a new law proposal that would diversify access to the media.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze said Friday that he supports the introduction of the principles must-carry and must-offer.
Channel 9 defiant after police seize 300 000 sat dishes
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police Thursday night seized 300 000 satellite dishes in several locations around the country. This will prevent a government-critical TV channel from reaching viewers.
The sat dishes were meant to let people watch Channel 9, which does not have a
The rebranding of the Georgian opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch – What is the Georgian opposition? We give you the facts about what groups Bidzina Ivanishvili has recruited to his Georgian Dream coalition.
The Georgian Dream coalition currently consists of the Republicans, the Free Democrats, the National Forum,
Georgians do not have enough information about Abkhazia
There is a deficit of knowledge about what is going on in Abkhazia, says Alexander Cooley, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.
Cooley sat down with DF Watch and told us about a researcher doing public opinion surveys in