Samira Bayramova

One more arrest made in Tbilisi ‘bridenapping’ case

By | February 25th, 2016|Categories: In brief|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–One more person was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the suspected ‘bridenapping’ in Tbilisi’s southern Ponichala district. Earlier on Tuesday, police in the capital arrested a Russian teenager, who is suspected of abducting […]

Tbilisi ‘bridenapping’ suspect caught

By | February 24th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Tbilisi detained a teenager on Wednesday who is suspected of abducting a 17 year old girl and keeping her for four days. The detainee is a citizen of Russia, and like the victim also a minor. He was arrested by officers from the central Tbilisi […]

Abducted 17 year old girl back with her family

By | February 23rd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 17 year old girl who was abducted several days ago was returned to her family on Monday and questioned by police. Relatives say the kidnapper left Samira Bayramova at a supermarket near her home in Ponichala, a settlement […]

Preventing child brides in Kvemo Kartli

By | March 25th, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , , |

Samira Bayramova. (DF Watch.) 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 […]