Paris terror attack January 2015

Authorities in Georgia increase security measures after Paris terror

By | November 15th, 2015|Categories: In brief|Tags: |

Spokeswoman for the State Security Service Nino Giorgobiani. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Georgia are tightening security after the terrorist attacks in Paris. A spokesperson for the State Security Service said on Saturday that there are stricter security measures in force at border crossings and airports. There are also enhanced security measures […]

Muslims in northeast Georgia demonstrate against Charlie Hebdo

By | January 20th, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , |

Muslims rally in a village Duisi, Pankisi Gorge (Interpressnews) TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in a valley northeast in Georgia demonstrated Monday against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for publishing a caricature depicting Prophet Mohammad on January 14. People in the village Duisi, in Pankisi Gorge, believe the cartoon […]

Georgian Church explains its position regarding Charlie Hebdo

By | January 17th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

The Patriarchy, the governing body of the Georgian Orthodox Church. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–In its first comments about the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the Georgian Orthodox Church condemns the terror act but also calls on the government ‘to set a limit to freedom of expression in order to protect other internationally recognized human rights.’ […]

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By | January 15th, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , |

Victims of the Paris terror comemmorated in Tbilisi. (Interpress “Freedom of speech and the press are supreme values that must be duly protected everywhere and at all times,” Irakli Garibashvili stated before flying to the global peace rally in Paris. These are the words of the man who was the head of the Ministry of Internal […]