Category: Youth - Page 3

Georgian and Indian youth clash in Mtatsminda Park

March 25, 2019 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Groups of Georgian and Indian youth clashed last Thursday in Mtatsminda Park, one of Tbilisi’s main tourist destinations. A video has surfaced showing a fight between groups of young men, with several young women watching. In the video, one of the brawlers, presumably a Georgian, is seen hitting another man violently with an unknown … Read more

Number of foreign students in Georgia doubles in four years

March 2, 2019 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Nearly 29,000 foreign students are enrolled at universities and other higher educational institutions in Georgia; most of them come from Turkey, Iraq and India, as well as other Asian countries. The number of foreign students has doubled during the last four years, from 4,812 in 2015 to 9,710 in 2018-2019, according to data provided … Read more

Georgian clubbers call off protest after interior minister promises investigation of police brutality

May 14, 2018 by DFWatch staff

Beka Tsikarishvili, one of the spokespersons for the clubbers who protested. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi youth outraged by police raids of two night clubs called off their two day long protest Sunday night after the interior minister publicly apologized for police brutality and promised an investigation.

GEM Fest 2018 thrown into doubt after application for permit rejected

April 4, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–GEM Fest may be canceled this year, after an agency of the Georgian government denied the festival a permit to rent a land plot.

The fate of the annual electronic music festival, which is popular among youth in Georgia and neighboring countries, was thrown into doubt because the The National Agency of State Property (NASP)

Georgia moves toward legalizing marijuana with Constitutional Court ruling

November 30, 2017 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a law requiring a doctor’s prescription to use marijuana, scoring another victory for campaigners who want the soft drug fully decriminalized.

An individual’s right “to choose the desired kind of the relaxation […] including marijuana,

22-year-old woman dies from suspected drug use at music festival

August 6, 2017 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia have brought in stricter anti-drug measures at a youth festival after a 22 year old woman tragically died.

The female bank employee became ill Friday after allegedly ingesting the drug ‘bio’. She was rushed to hospital but died 8 hours later.

Rappers whose arrest sparked review of drug policy released on bail

June 13, 2017 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia released on bail two rappers whose controversial arrest on drug charges may have hastened a review of the drug policy.

The court released the two on bail Monday after their arrest June 10 for possession of between 1.5 and 2.3 grams

PM responds to groundswell of support for Georgia's jailed rappers

June 11, 2017 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister promised to soften the country’s drug policy Saturday evening as a large crowd gathered in the capital Tbilisi in support of two detained rappers who claim drugs were planted on them by police as revenge for a music video.

Constitutional Court decides prison is too harsh punishment for marijuana use

December 26, 2016 by DFWatch staff

DSC_0276_marijuana_June2_2014_Cropped — (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court has struck down a law which sent many young people to prison for using marijuana.

Being charged with possession and consumption of marijuana will no longer land you in jail in Georgia, after the Constitutional Court

Protest for drug liberalization leads to detentions in Tbilisi

December 12, 2016 by DFWatch staff

drug-liberalization-decriminalization — (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A protest against Georgia’s strict drug policy led to clashes with police and two people being detained in Tbilisi on Saturday.

Protesters gathered in front of the parliament building on Rustaveli Ave in Tbilisi to demand a softer drug policy.