Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Tbilisians protested suspicious prison death

A demonstration against another suspicous prison death met and merged with a demonstration for free media at Rustaveli metro station Thursday. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – People gathered in front of parliament Thursday to protest against mistreatment of prisoners, spurred by the news of another death of a prisoner who bore signs of having been beaten.

Police reported that the prisoner died of a heart attack, but

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Saakashvili's successor will win: new poll

Christian Democrats leader Giorgi Targamadze is a more trusted opposition leader than newcomer Bidzina Ivanishvili, according to a poll published by the International Republican Institute, which is affiliated with the U.S. Republican party. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new poll shows that no matter who is nominated to suceed Mikheil Saakashvili, his party will win the next Georgian presidential election.

A poll by the International Republican Institute shows that Saakashvili’s National Movement party still has

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Georgian president plans details of his own cremation

Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants his ashes to be spread in Anaklia, a holiday resort close to where Russian security police, FSB, are guarding the Abkhazian border. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president says that after he has passed away, he wants his ashes to be spread over a holiday resort on the shores of the Black Sea.

President Mikheil Saakashvili said this during a visit to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city, where he is to

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Conflicting statements about Georgian church in Jerusalem

The Monastery of the Cross from the 11th century was a Georgian cultural center through the Middle Ages, but control over it was lost when it was sold to the Greek church in 1685. (Photo: Ester Inbar.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The issue about returning management of Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem to Georgia has no connection with the government of Israel, says Yitzhak Gerber, Israel’s Ambassador to Georgia.

On May 1, before an event Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel in

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Weak worker protection drew thousands for May 1 rally

The banners read "Protest against the labor code" and "Stop the pressure against the trade unions". (All photos: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Thousands gathered Tuesday in central Tbilisi to celebrate the International Worker’s Day, May 1 and demonstrate in front of the parliament building.

Protesters adopted an appeal to the president, government and parliament. They call on authorities

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