When thinking about the crucial events of the year 2012, what comes to my mind first is the prison abuse scandal. The released videos depicting the various acts of torture and ill-treatment
Ill-treatment – old and new challenges
Opinion
Mere Violence or Clash of Values?
The May 17 events revealed confrontation between church and secularism as one of the main public conflicts in any political system. Public conflict is a matter of public concern. Public opinion on this issue is divided into opposite positions, various social groups
Religious Radicals – the Biggest Threat to Georgia's Democracy
These shameful events posed new questions (or rather question marks) for the Georgian democracy. The country has achieved a lot since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It has effectively fought crime and corruption; it has managed to change its government through peaceful
Being homeless
There are no accurate statistics about the number of homeless families living in Georgia.
The homeless people have been particularly active in reminding the state of their existence following the October 2012 elections, when they occupied a number of buildings in Tbilisi, staged
Understanding Georgia’s Foreign Direct Investment Trends
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to Georgia fell significantly from the second quarter of 2012, closing the year 23% down from 2011. After several years of steady recovery, this is a serious concern for policy makers. Georgia’s domestic capital market is
Preventive Measures in Criminal Cases
On April 2, 2012 GYLA held a presentation of trial monitoring results focused on criminal cases in the city courts of Tbilisi and Kutaisi. The trial monitoring was conducted within the framework of the USAID funded Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project
Land Market in Georgia – Threats and Challenges
It has been 20 years since the country’s independence, but 70% of the land in Georgia is still unregistered; fragmented land parcels impose another problem to the individuals, thus hinders their commercialization process; the land market in the country
Moral of a Short Story
It has been almost three weeks since Adjara senior police official physically abused a driver that had committed a violation. The small story was followed by big developments – local police officer destroyed one of the pieces of evidence proving the truth
Ten Questions Georgians Should Be Asking Themselves Today
Outsiders in both Russia and the West are quite prepared to tell Georgians what they should want and how they should pursue it. That is not their proper role: Georgians are the ones who must make choices about Georgia’s future. But outsiders sometimes can play
The reserve funds should be regulated
On March 4, 2012, Georgian media outlets reported that the President of Georgia was opening a summer theatre in Batumi.
Had it happened before the 2012 parliamentary elections, there would have been nothing unusual about it, but in fact it was