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[Updated] Bokeria, Melia, other UNM members attacked, beaten in Samegrelo

By | May 22nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Nika Melia (center) and Tengiz Gunava, MP, (right) in Kirtskheli after the incident. (2030) Tblisi, DFWatch- Members of the opposition United National Movement, including several high profile figures at the party, were brutally beaten in Samegrelo on Sunday. The scuffle broke out in Kortskheli, a village near Zugdidi, administrative center of Samegrelo-Zemo […]

MIA offers deal over journalist beatings

By | October 28th, 2011|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch - Georgian police accepts responsibility for damages journalists suffered as law enforcers violently dispersed a peaceful demonstration May 26. After the second court hearing of the trial at Tbilisi city court Wednesday, the Interior Ministry representative suggested to the journalists and media organizations affected by the violence to come to an agreement. Natia Kapanadze, [...]