Sunday, December 14, 2025

Curbing of illegal surveillance delayed, campaigners say

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Kakha Kojoridze from Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association, one of the groups in the campaign. (Promotion video.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Campaigners in Georgia suspect law enforcement agencies are intentionally prolonging a legislative hearing about illegal wiretapping.

The campaign ‘This Affects You Too’, which includes several of the most influential NGOs in Tbilisi, was started

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Planned funding scheme for religious groups is discriminatory

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Sarah Delys is a Criminologist working at Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center.

Late January the Government of Georgia adopted a resolution which enables the financing of four traditional religious confessions: the Roman Catholic Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Muslim and Jewish groups. Until now, the Georgian Orthodox Church was the

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Saakashvili's party said to be preparing Kiev style protests

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Interior Minister Aleksandre Chikaidze said the National Movement is preparing for a Kiev-style protest camp in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Interior Minister says the National Movement is preparing a Euromaidan scenario in Georgia and that he has information that they have already started collecting tires.

Interior Minister Alexandre Chikaidze said in an interview with the

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Georgia creates commission to handle election violations

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Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani will head the commission. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has created an interagency commission to handle violations ahead of the local elections, slated for June.

The commission will be led by Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani.

Other members are the deputy interior minister, deputy foreign

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Minibus drivers in Rustavi on strike, claim tender was rigged

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Drivers claim the company Intertrans has ties to Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Drivers of minibuses on the route between Tbilisi and Rustavi have been on strike for the last few days, demonstrating outside the office of the Georgian Dream coalition. They accusing Rustavi city authorities and Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze

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Georgia denies reports of mass issuing of Russian passports

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The Russian Interests Section. (Radio Voice of Abkhazia.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia denies reports that the consular office for Russian interests in Tbilisi is issuing Russian passports.

Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani said this information is false.

Georgia and Russia do not have diplomatic

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Autopsy report published in case of Data Akhalaia witness death

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The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has released the autopsy report in the case of a witness who died. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday published more material regarding the death of a witness who testified against a recently convicted Saakashvili ally.

Shalva Tatukhashvili died March 23 in his home, after testifying against Data Akhalaia,

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Bullying in schools is a persistent problem in Georgia

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Bullying on religious grounds is a big problem in schools in Georgia, according to the human rights group EMC. (Ministry of Education.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A human rights group in Georgia warns of an alarming trend of intolerance of religious minorities in public schools.

Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) studied eight schools in Tbilisi and found that the Ministry of Education has not

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