TBILISI, DFWatch–The National Movement yesterday won the repeat election in a precinct in the south of Georgia, while Georgian Dream won in the western Zugdidi area.
But the UNM candidate didn’t win by more than 50% at the 48th precinct in Marneuli,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Six people who were arrested for participating in the attack on an election precinct October 8 were placed in pre-trial detention by Rustavi City Court on Friday.
A crowd threw stones at and smashed windows at the 48th election precinct ithe a village Kizilajo.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia arrested six people on Thursday who are accused of attacking an election precinct in Marneuli in the south of Georgia on election day October 8.
The six are arrested for interrupting the work of the local election commission
TBILISI, DFWatch–A crowd armed with batons and stones attacked a precinct in Marneuli, a town in south Georgia, allegedly stealing a box of ballot papers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said police were dispatched to Marneuli’s 48th precinct
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Marneuli, a predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani town in the south of Georgia, the community radio is the only media outlet which is critical of the local government and trying to be balanced, unbiased and objective.
The people behind Radio Marneuli went through many difficulties until they finally
TBILISI, DFWatch–The rape of a pregnant 16-year-old girl two weeks ago may go unpunished, because the alleged rapist is not in detention, a human rights group claims.
July 8, a 16-year-old married and pregnant girl was raped at knifepoint in Marneuli,
TBILISI, DFWatch–High winds toppled trees which crashed into several houses in Marneuli in southern Georgia on Saturday.
According to the head of Marneuli municipality, the fallen trees also blocked several of the roads in the surrounding villages.
Heavy rainfall and hail also
Marneuli, DFWatch–“The man thinks that she is still a child, she doesn’t know anything, and that is a good thing for her,” says Samira Bayramova, a women’s rights activist in Marneuli working to prevent young girls from becoming child brides.
“Mothers-in-law
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Interior on Friday charged 13 persons with having engaged in election fraud at two precincts in the south of Georgia in the local election on June 15.
The precincts lie in the town Marneuli, 30 km south of Tbilisi. The ministry
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian politician who withdrew his candidacy one day before Sunday’s local election seems to have won by an absolute majority.
Merab Topchishvili and the Georgian Dream coalition each held press conferences last week to announce his