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Batumi City Hall VS Street Traders
July 14, 2010
Resolutions Enacted at Rustavi City Council without Review
July 14, 2010
The members of the Rustavi city council voted for a resolution of the council, for the creation of commissions and budget amendments without having read the documents. Council members from the opposition parties stated about it at a July 2 session.
Labor Party Blames Government in Artificial Increase of Communication Tariffs
July 13, 2010
Shahkin and Liparteliani
July 13, 2010
Minister of Education and Science, Dimitri Shashkin, denies information about the dismissal of the teachers with less than 18 working hours and retired teachers from public schools. The Human Rights Center interviewed the Minister and Vice-President of the Trade Union of Teachers, Maia Liparteliani.
“Socar” Is Blamed in Violation of Customers’ Rights
July 12, 2010
The Kaheti region population protests the increased tariff on natural gas. Locals state that “Socar Georgia Gas” increased the tariff by 10 tetri, and only for those customers who became their subscribers after May 1, 2010.
Parliament Discusses Amendments to the Law on Public Defender
July 12, 2010
The parliament of Georgia is discussing a draft-law to make amendments and additions to the Organic Law of Georgia for the Public Defender. Until now the public defender has submitted two reports to the parliament each year; after the draft-law is enacted, he will prepare only one report. In addition, there will be a new attorney position created for the purpose of gathering all necessary information from local self-governmental agencies, public agencies and government officials.
Workers of Nikozi Dam Are Victims of Trafficking
July 9, 2010
Workers employed at the construction of the dam in the village of Nikozi in Gori district have been requesting the salary arrears from the contractor company. The workers met the representatives of the Company “Gola XXI, Ltd” located in Mitskevich Street # 25 in Tbilisi. Journalist of the regional newspaper “Kartlis Khma” (Voice of Kartli region) Giorgi Edisherashvili was video-recording the meeting. The representatives of the company locked the journalist in the room and erased all the materials from the camera.
Georgian and Foreign Human Rights Defenders Will Hold Round Table
July 8, 2010
“We Send Cart or Horse for a Doctor or Nurse; We Carry The Dead Person on Tractor”
July 8, 2010
In the village of Khorshi in Senaki district people have to carry out the dead person by tractor because there is no bridge on the River Zandzga. Children go to school with towels if the river is not flooded and can cross the river on foot. If the river is flooded, children cannot go to school.
Officials of the Education Ministry Compel School Directors to Resign
July 8, 2010
Director of the Tbilisi Public School # 14 Zviad Miminoshvili is compelled to resign – the member of the Liberty Institute Tea Tutberidze reported about it.
Russian Foreign Ministry Responds to Hillary Clinton’s Statements Made in Tbilisi
July 8, 2010
Sauna in Rustavi – “You Can Choose Any of These Girls…”
July 8, 2010
Sauna with suspicious reputation continues working on the ground floor of the Hotel “Rustavi” in Rustavi city. It is the sauna where the cruel minister of the Rose government Irakli Okruashvili (former minister of interior) carried out special operation years ago. The fact of prostitution was confirmed in the sauna. The law enforcement officers found naked women and their clients in the building. The special operation was video-recorded and the entire Georgia saw them in news programs of the national TV-Channels.
Open Letter of Human Rights Defenders to US State Secretary Hillary Clinton
July 7, 2010
Coordinator of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders in Armenia Mika Danelian handed the open letter of the Georgian and Azerbaijan human rights defenders to the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton at the US Embassy together with the letter of the Armenian human rights defenders. On July 5, representative of the Armenian Helsinki Association Mika Danelian was invited to the meeting with Hillary Clinton in Yerevan together with two more members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders –Artur Sakunts and Levon Barsagian. We publish the full text of the open letter of Georgian human rights defenders:
Farmers Pay Double Price for the Service of New Technique
July 7, 2010
How to prevent another war in the Southern Caucasus
July 7, 2010
After Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's recent visit, the Obama administration wants to prove it has a strategy to deepen ties with allies such as Poland while it pursues a reset with Russia, so it has sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a whirlwind tour of Central and Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. The trip also seeks to blunt conservative criticism that Washington is sacrificing allies for the sake of reconciliation with Moscow.
One Principle to Sell Trunk-Line Gas Pipe-Line and Enguri Hydro Electro Station
July 7, 2010
Trunk-Line gas pipe-line will not be sold out but it might be managed together with Russia like it is planned for the Enguri Hydro Electro Station (HES). The Prime-minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri tried to convince the society in a strict tone that the gas pipe-line will not be sold. However, he added that it might be governed together with a private company. The former minister of economic development Kakha Bendukidze carried out negotiations about joint management with Russia for many years.
Lia Ratiani: “Teachers Are Discriminated in Georgia”
July 6, 2010
The number of teachers is drastically reduced at schools. Reportedly, teachers with less than 18 working hours will be dismissed from schools. The ministry of education denies the information and blames the Independent Trade Union of Teachers in spreading similar disinformation.
Vladimir Putin: “Some People Think that South Ossetia Is Occupied, Others Think It Is Liberated”
July 6, 2010
Hillary Clinton: “The USA Was Shocked By the Occupation of Georgia”
July 5, 2010
Davit Tsikarishvili: “If You Have Somebody to Protect You – You Will Stay at School, but If You Do Not Have – You Will Leave”
July 5, 2010
Despite the opposite claiming of the ministry of education and science of Georgia, the number of teachers is massively reduced at public schools. Minister Dimitri Shashkin said that the number of teachers will not be reduced and the ministry recommends schools to distribute working hours among teachers fairly. The Human Rights Center interviewed the head of the legal department of the Independent Trade Union “Ertoba” Davit Tsikarishvili.