drug addiction in Abkhazia

Breakaway Abkhazia to reintroduce the death penalty for drug crime from 2020

By | April 5th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

An unidentified prison in Abkhazia. (Ekhokavkaza.) TBILISI, DFWatch--Breakaway authorities in Abkhazia plan to lift its moratorium on capital punishment in 2020 as tougher sentences are brought in against drug crime. The de facto parliament of breakaway Abkhazia has adopted a new law which imposes tougher punishments for selling large quantities of drugs, including life [...]

Abkhazia steps up fight against drug crimes with draconian measures

By | July 28th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Sokhumi responds to the mass outcry over the growing problem of drug addiction by introducing draconian new measures, including capital punishment. Abkhazia’s de facto parliament has adopted […]

Rally in Sokhumi to demand action against drug abuse epidemic

By | October 29th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Abkhazinform.com) TBILISI, DFWatch–A campaign to demand action against drug addiction brought a large crowd out in the streets of Sokhumi on Thursday, under the slogan “Abkhazia without Drugs”. The people who had gathered on Sergey Bagapsh […]