TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s head of government Thursday denied that his country’s authorities had been involved when a journalist was abducted three days earlier in Tbilisi and delivered into the hands of Azerbaijani police for criminal prosecution.
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Journalist who sought refuge in Georgia abducted to Azerbaijan
TBILISI, DFWatch–An investigative journalist who fled Azerbaijan and sought asylum in neighboring Georgia was abducted by unknown men in Tbilisi on Monday and taken across the border to his home country.
Journalist Afgan Mukhtali is now being held in Baku,
Murder plot against Georgian patriarch allegedly revealed
TBILISI, DFWatch–A lawyer for the Georgian church claimed on Monday that there is a plot to assassinate the head of the church, involving high-level clerics.
One of the clerics implicated in the attempt on Patriarch’s life is Metropolitan Petre Tsaava, according to
Opposition candidates vying to unseat unpopular Tbilisi mayor
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s second largest opposition party named a woman as its candidate for Tbilisi Mayor on Saturday.
The European Dream party congress nominated Elene Khoshtaria (37) as mayoral candidate as political parties are gearing up for the local elections.
Georgia detains school manager connected to Gülen network
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has detained a manager of a private school in what appears to be a case of pressure exerted by Turkey on Georgian authorities to crack down on institutions associated with the exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen.
Mustafa Emre Cabuk, quality manager
Prosecutors drop case against Georgian ECHR judge's brother
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutors in Georgia have dropped a case against the brother of a judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) who said the investigation was connected to her work. None Tsotsoria (center) is a judge currently serving at the European Court of Human Rights.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia (POG) called off the probe
Georgian ECHR judge: 'Raid of my brother's flat was related to my job'
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) suspects that a police raid against her brother’s apartment was connected to her work.
“I have reason to believe that [the police raid] is related to my work at the European Court of Human Rights.
Russia and Abkhazia establish joint center to combat organized crime
TBILISI, DFWatch–Separatist authorities in Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia signed an agreement with Russia on Thursday, establishing a joint Russian-Abkhaz coordination center in Sokhumi to combat organized crime and other serious crimes.
The joint
UNM claims police search of judge's brother's flat is political pressure
TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Georgia claims the police raided the flat of a judge’s brother to put pressure on the judge after an unfavorable decision in the ECHR.
Police carried out a raid Thursday night in the flat of brother of a judge who currently represents Georgia
EU envoy sparks outrage in Tbilisi by congratulating Russia-backed separatist leader
TBILISI, DFWatch–A European Union official congratulating the leader of a Russian-backed breakaway republic on winning the election has caused a diplomatic scandal in Tbilisi.
Herbert Salber, a German diplomat who is the EU’s special representative to South Caucasus