GALI, DFWatch–Sokhumi has suspended the issuing of ‘visas’ which is needed by many Georgians to visit family and do business here in the southern Gali region of the breakaway republic.
Abkhazia halts issuing of ‘visas’ during FIFA World Cup
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Georgia indicts two South Ossetian officials for Tatunashvili's torture and murder
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has indicted two South Ossetian officials for involvement in the abduction and torture of a Georgian former soldier in Akhalgori, an enclave under control of the breakaway region.
Davit Gurtsiev, the head of de facto security body in Akhalgori,
Breakaway Sokhumi plans to import Abkhazians from Middle East to shift demographics
GALI, DFWatch–Breakaway authorities in Sokhumi plan to invite ethnic Abkhazians in the Middle East to come and settle in the southern Gali and northern Gagra districts.
The scheme will shift the demographics in parts of the disputed territory where the Abkhazians are not
19 detained in Tbilisi as protests resume in wake of controversial teen murder investigation
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of Georgia’s largest opposition party UNM was among 19 people detained on Monday as street protests resumed against a murder investigation.
Authorities came down hard on organizers as the rallies resumed Monday as a deadline set by protesters
Outrage in Georgia over Ossetian officer's hospital treatment
AKHALGORI, DFWatch–Georgians took to social media to express their outrage on Friday after it emerged that a South Ossetian officer was receiving treatment at a Tbilisi hospital.
It is being speculated that he might be implicated in the murder of Archil Tatunashvili,
Four killed as minivan full of schoolchildren plunges into ravine
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four died, and 21 were reportedly injured when a minivan full of schoolchildren rolled into a ravine near Tbilisi Saturday.
One child and three adults were killed, the latter reportedly parents of schoolchildren.
21 people were injured, including 12 children.
One man arrested for witness tampering in Tbilisi school murder case
TBILISI, DFWatch–One person was arrested for witness tampering on Friday in connection with the new investigation into the Khorava Street murders.
Merab Morchadze, 45, was detained under Article 372 of the Criminal Code on the basis of new evidence obtained in the course of the new
Tbilisi City Court hears Igor Giorgadze's lawsuit against DFWatch
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court has started reviewing a lawsuit against DFWatch filed by Igor Giorgadze, a former head of Georgia’s State Security Ministry who is wanted by Georgia for a failed assassination attempt
Forensic examination shows that Archil Tatunashvili was tortured before he died
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new forensic examination carried out in Georgia concludes that Archil Tatunashvili, a former soldier who died in a prison in South Ossetia February 23, was most likely killed. The body had nearly a hundred different injuries and signs that indicate he was tortured.
Father of murdered teenager rejects government's offer of protection
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Friday offered the father of a murdered teenager who is leading a street protest to enroll in a witness protection program, claiming his life may be in danger.
Zaza Saralidze has been at the front of an ongoing street protest