Monday, December 8, 2025

Georgian PM declares support for Turkey after wedding terror blast

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PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of government in Georgia on Sunday in a written statement expressed concern about the recent terrorist attack in Turkey and voiced support for the people of Turkey.

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says in the statement

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Georgia's Khinchegashvili wins Olympic gold in freestyle wrestling

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Vladimer Khinchegashvili. (1tv.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Vladimer Khinchegashvili won gold in men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling at the Rio Olympics on Friday. Georgia now has two gold medals in the games.

In the final, Khinchegashvili faced Japan’s Rei Higuchi, who got silver.

The first round

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Jehovah's Witnesses recorded 51 cases of discrimination in 2015

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A lawyer for Jehovah’s Witnesses wondered why police were not using recordings from the surveillance cameras they have installed. (Rustavi 2.)
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Some of the discrimination occurs when members try to hand out flyers in the streets. (Interpressnews.)
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Problems getting a construction permit for a new congregation house in Terjola is one of the cases mentioned in the U.S. State Department’s report. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–On November 23 last year, shots were fired at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Vazisubani, a district in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

When bullets slammed into the building again one week later, a lawyer representing the religious community wondered

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