Wednesday, July 31, 2025

Video shows armed attack on voting precinct

Info9 showed this footage of an armed man entering an election precinct in Khashuri on election night October 1. (Info9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A video was publishedThursday showing a person wearing a mask breaking into one of the election precincts in Khashuri, a small town in eastern Georgia.

On election day Monday, there were reports about special units breaking into several precincts

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Backlash after prison abuse scandal: Study

Nino Lomjaria (ISFED) (left), Eka Gigauri (TIG) and Tamar Chugoshvili (GYLA) (right), in a photo published by the NGOs after a press conference earlier this year.

TBILISI, DFWatch — After a series of videos were released September 19, documenting torture of prisoners, more than 40 activists were put in administrative detention, an old Soviet-style form of punishment.

The finding is part of in a new study by three non-governmental

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Young lawyers: Government websites misused

The website of Akhmeta often published news with headlines deriding the opposition. Friday evening, the website was unavailable. In Google's cache (above), the news section was empty.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) says the websites of local governments are being used to help the party in power, United National Movement (UNM).

According to GYLA, the fact that these web sites publish information about UNM’s

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Democracy groups in Georgia go on the offensive

Many of Tbilisi's non-governmental organizations have signed on to an appeal to end the violations.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has released a statement regarding the period leading up to the parliamentary election.

The National Platform was set up in October 2010 with a goal to support

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Report documents violations in Georgian election campaign

Incidents of threats, pressure and abuse against members of political parties are very frequent , says Nino Lomjaria, head of ISFED. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report reveals cases of violence, pressure and illegal usage of administrative resources in the election period.

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) found two cases of people being firing because of their political

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