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Georgia’s PM meets Iranian president
TBILISI, October 17 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Armenia on Friday, discussing bilateral ties and tensions in the Middle East. The meeting drew criticism from U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson. The talks took place in Yerevan on the sidelines of COP17, the UN biodiversity conference. According to the Georgian…
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Davitadze’s mother fears for his safety
TBILISI, October 13 – The mother of a Georgian prisoner who previously accused prison guards of rape is demanding his urgent transfer to another facility. Irma Davitadze said Tuesday that her son, Giorgi Davitadze, is in danger at Penitentiary Facility No. 6 in Rustavi, a city near the Georgian capital Tbilisi. In a social media…
Opinion
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Georgia’s prison debate needs an honest memory
JAMnews is playing the 2012 card again. A prisoner alleges sexual abuse by guards in a de-escalation cell last December. That claim requires a full, independent investigation. Full stop. Anyone who committed a crime should face consequences. What does not require another round of national trauma theater is treating this single unresolved allegation as signs…
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The Second Stage of Peace: Armenian Perspective on the South Caucasus
A political agreement almost always outpaces a society’s psychological readiness for peace. Politicians can sign a document in a day. A society cannot change overnight its perception of a neighbor — shaped over generations and weighed down by defeat, deaths, and lost territories. Yet in Armenian society, progress is evident: an understanding of reality without…