TBILISI, DFWatch–Preparations are ongoing in Georgia for the Independence Day celebration Sunday, May 26.
Government officials say there will not be a military parade through the capital as there has been in the past. Instead, there will be held different events
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ivanishvili government is making plans for a different kind of Independence Day celebration on May 26. Instead of a big military parade in the capital, as was the rule under President Saakashvili, it is planning to hold many smaller events
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has not invited President Mikheil Saakashvili to the celebration of Independence Day May 26, which this year will not involve a military parade.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Manana Kobakhidze said the president still
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, says Georgia has a government which is ashamed of conducting an independence day parade and this way gives up the key to its independence.
Georgia marks its independence day on May 26.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Leaders of People’s Assembly and Democratic Movement demand the release of political prisoners and illegally arrested people as soon as possible.
Nino Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement, and Irakli Batiashvili from People’s Assembly today
TBILISI, DFWatch – The recent criticism against Swedish telecom giant Teliasonera’s cooperation with totalitarian regimes in the former Soviet Union has prompted the company to start a new program for ensuring that human rights are observed.
-We denounce all human rights
TBILISI, DFWatch – Amnesty International criticizes Georgia for not having investigated police brutality.
The Saakashvili regime has renewed the country’s law enforcement personnel since seizing power in 2003, and is touting the reform as a model for other countries.
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a new report, the EU Commission criticizes Georgia’s government for the police brutality on May 26, 2011.
The criticism comes as the Commission is taking stock of how well each country has performed in 2011 under a democracy building
TBILISI, DFWatch – Swedish TV recently revealed that Teliasonera has opened their doors for an Orwellian level of surveillance in former Soviet countries. A group of lawyers in Georgia now says that indiscriminate wiretapping is illegal.
Georgian Young Lawyer’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s ambassador to Sweden protests against the portrayal of his country as an Orwellian society where everybody is under surveillance by the secret police.
Ambassador Konstantin Kavtaradze sent a letter to SVT, the Swedish public broadcaster,