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South Ossetia presents video to show Georgian woman detainee is treated well after family says she was beaten

October 4, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Breakaway authorities in Tskhinvali have released a video supposed to show that a Georgian woman is being treated well in detention. Maia Otinashvili (37) was seized by armed, masked men on September 29 in her orchard in the village Khurvaleti, right on the border to the disputed territory. Meanwhile, the Georgia’s Public Defenders states … Read more

Owner of Georgian opposition TV channel Iberia claims ex-PM Ivanishvili extorted him for USD 4 mill

October 1, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The owner of the Georgian opposition-leaning TV channel Iberia blames the billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili of extorting him for four million dollars. Zaza Okuashvili, who owns one of Georgia’s largest tobacco manufacturing and importing companies, told opposition TV channel Rustavi 2 that the extortion took place at a private meeting in … Read more

Georgian schools ordered to take part in Abkhazia's 'Victory Day'

September 27, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–On September 30, the de facto government of Abkhazia celebrates Victory Day, commemorating victory in the 1992-93 war. Among the planned events will be a procession by the initiative group “Our Heros’ Way”, which is mainly made up of Abkhaz youth. However, Georgian schools operating in the Gali district have also been ordered to … Read more

School pupils in Gali prohibited from attending NGO events

September 21, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–The deputy head of administration in Gali district has carried out an inspection of the schools in this predominantly Georgian district of breakaway Abkhazia and ordered principals not to let

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Editor violently attacked by half dozen men in Tbilisi

September 18, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–An editor of a popular Georgian magazine was assaulted and beaten by half a dozen men Saturday evening.

The attack on Zurab Vardiashvili, editor of Liberali magazine, took place in the southern Varketili district of Tbilisi. Two SUVs stopped

Young men are leaving Gali en masse to seek work abroad

September 12, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–Young people are leaving their homes here in Gali, Abkhazia, to seek work opportunities abroad. In the last month, about 50 young people, most of them men, have left for Poland from one of the villages in the district, DFWatch was told by locals.

German MEP voices solidarity to Georgia's embattled university

September 7, 2018 by DFWatch staff

German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany has expressed her solidarity to an embattled university in Georgia, which is under fire for its alleged links to U.S.-based Turkish cleric and a personal foe of President Erdogan.

Saakashvili, Ivanishvili Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in Trump-Related Case

September 2, 2018 by ifact

An American lobbyist who worked in Georgia for Mikheil Saakashvili, Irakli Alasania and Bidzina Ivanishvili pleaded guilty on Friday in a case related to investigations of US president Donald Trump. Sam Patten admitted he used an unnamed American to pay $US50,000 for four tickets to one of the parties at Trump’s inauguration in 2017. The tickets were … Read more

Margvelashvili won't run for president again, slams GD for animosity

November 9, 2025August 31, 2018 by DFWatch staff

President Giorgi Margvelashvili has announced his decision not to run for the presidential seat in the fall and slammed Georgia’s ruling party for attempts to ‘discredit’ him.

Prosecutor suspended after alleged armed assault

November 3, 2025August 28, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–A prosecutor at the west Georgia branch of the Prosecutor’s Office has been suspended and is being evaluated following an alleged armed assault, the POG said in a statement released Monday evening.