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Human rights court faults Georgia for its treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses

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The house where Jehovah’s Witnesses meet in Ozurgeti was attacked January 1, 2014. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Court of Human Rights last week found that Georgia has violated the human rights of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community in the country.

The violations the court looked at date 14 years back in time, but the group is still being attacked

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Saakashvili returns clothes after embezzlement charge

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Police took action as clothes belonging to former President Saakashvili were delivered at the government office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday returned clothes to the government in Georgia, after being charged with inappropriate spending while in office.

A few days ago, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Saakashvili with

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Georgia's Patriarch Ilia II gives white horse to PM

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili was given a horse by Patriarch Ilia II. (Photo published on the PM’s Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Patriarch Ilia II on Tuesday gave Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili a white horse.

The event took place at the end of a visit by the PM to the Patriarch’s hometown Sno in Kazbegi, northern Georgia.

The two visited Larsi checkpoint,

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