TBILISI, DFWatch – Amnesty International expresses concern about the recent violence against opposition supporters and journalists in Georgia.
In a new report, the organizations describes cases of verbal and physical abuse against Georgian Dream activists who
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report warns that the government may be using money from the state budget to affect the outcome of the election.
”The state budget is less defined. So there is a risk that the ruling party will use it for its own interests,” explained Eka Gigauri,
A new portal in Georgia has been created to let people report violations during the election period.
The website is called the Multi-NGO Elections Portal, and aims at collecting information about alleged violations and incident throughout the election period.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The poverty rate in Georgia has been reduced, but child poverty is still very high.
According to a survey conducted by UNICEF, far too many children are still living in poverty, however the rate of poverty has been reduced by 2 percent from
TBILISI, DFWatch – Campaigners in Georgia welcome an initiative by the government to make political actors commit to not use or incite violence during the election campaign.
The campaign This Affects You Too thinks that such an agreement between political parties
TBILISI, DFWatch – An employee of a public library who was fired in June claims the reason was her political opinion. She openly says she sympathizes with the opposition Georgian Dream party established by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The library’s director,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Transparency International Georgia on May 22 presented the results of a study showing that three pharmaceutical companies control almost the whole Georgian market.
The three companies are: AVERSI (35 %), PSP (30%) and GPC (15%).
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new study shows that the as the health care sector in Georgia has been privatised, the private health business has gained control over the hospitals.
Herald De Bour, project coordinator for Transparency International’s study,