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Penalty increases for Crimes Committed on Grounds of Religious, Ethnical, Racial, Sexual and Other Discriminative Motives
March 15, 2012
According to the amendments to be made to the Criminal Code, committing crimes on the grounds of religious, ethnical, racial, sexual and other discriminative motives is considered to be an aggravating circumstance. Amendments have already been submitted to Parliament.
Students Beaten for Writing in Student Blog
March 15, 2012
Friends of Tornike Ustarashvili, student and blogger of Tbilisi State University state that they were beaten for publishing accusatory information on “student blog.”
Chamber of Control, Political Police or?...
March 15, 2012
The state audit agency, Chamber of Control, has claimed that an opposition coalition, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, was renting office spaces in the regions in violation of party funding regulations, suggesting that in this process the group was using corporate funding, which is banned by the law.
Asmat Atuashvili: “Your Child Will Lose Mother Unless You Stop It”
March 15, 2012
Representatives of the Chamber of Control interrogated Asmat Atuashvili from the National Forum in the office of Sagarejo district administration on March 12. Her interrogation lasted 45 minutes.
“Kintsvisi Case” – Any Person Might Be Subjected to Similar Repressions
March 14, 2012
On March 14 the Human Rights Center hosted press-conference where Georgian nongovernmental organizations requested freedom of 24 convicted people, who were arrested as a result of so-called Kitsvisi special operation on May 26, 2011. The relatives and lawyers of the convicted people also attended the press-conference.
Passions about Jvari Monastery
March 14, 2012
The government of Georgia tries to gain Jerusalem Jvari Monastery back, which is nowadays within the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. According to the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Georgia, a special group is working on the issue; besides that the chairman of the Georgian Parliament intends to raise the question with his Israeli colleague during his ongoing visit in Israel.
Mass Interrogation Postponed in Gurjaani
March 14, 2012
Financial Monitoring Service of political parties of Chamber of Control was supposed to interrogate supporters of Georgian Dream in Gurjaani on March 13th. The interrogation has not taken place yet. Supporters of Georgian Dream requested to see the case materials before the interrogation.
Chamber of Control Persecutes People for Distributing Georgian Dream’s Newspapers
March 14, 2012
More than 20 people received summons of the Chamber of Control in Poti. Among them are members of the Republic Party and activists, who distributed Georgian Dream’s newspapers. On March 13, the members of the Republic Party’s Poti office held briefing regarding the issue.
Mass Interrogation in the Name of Chamber of Control
March 13, 2012
According to the verified information, on March 13, MIA investigator Kakha Sajaia was interrogating 6 people in the Lanchkuti municipal board during several hours as representative of the Chamber of Control.
Ivanishvili's Bank Fined with GEL 822,000
March 13, 2012
The state audit agency in charge of monitoring political finances has fined Cartu Bank, owned by billionaire opposition politician Bidzina Ivanishvili, with GEL 822,040 (about USD 497,000) for allegedly trying to channel corporate funding to Ivanishvili’s public movement Georgian Dream.
March 12, 2012 –Day of Imposing Total Fines for the Chamber of Control!
March 13, 2012
“Natia Mogeladze’s department is busy!” “Closed sessions are held!” “I cannot see even my colleagues!” – head of public relation department of the Chamber of Control Pati Mamiashvili has been replying to the Guria News for about one month with those phrases.
Does Sachkhere population face threat of imprisonment?
March 12, 2012
Do 50 thousand residents of Sachkhere municipality face threat of imprisonment up to three years? – Legislation adopted by the Parliament at the end of December of last year envisaged this possibility.
‘Identity’ vs Rustavi 2 and Imedi
March 12, 2012
Organization Identity protecting the rights of sexual minorities sued Imedi TV and Rustavi2 broadcasting company at the self-regulatory body of the broadcasters for verbal insult of the LGBT group (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). The Identity filed the complaint on March 9.
Control on Metallurgists from Kutaisi
March 12, 2012
Officers of the prosecutor’s office periodically enter the Kutaisi Metallurgic Factory “Herkulesi” and interrogate workers who went on strike in September of 2011 and requested improved working conditions. Chairman of the Trade Union of Georgian Metallurgists Tamaz Dolaberidze told the Netgazeti.
Censorship in TV-Companies – Nobody Mentioned that Accident Occurred in the School Territory
March 9, 2012
On March 6, the former building of the school boiler-house collapsed in the yard of the Public School in Ruispiri village in Telavi and killed Badri Kvelaidze, 14, a pupil of the 8th form and badly injured Giorgi Tandilashvili, 15, a pupil of the 10th form. The national TV-Companies “Rustavi 2”, Imedi and Public Broadcasting did not mention at all that the accident occurred in the territory of the public school.
Transparency International Georgia – “Government puts Newspapers at Disadvantage”
March 7, 2012
Transparency International Georgia believes that the Public Registry has put media organizations at disadvantage. A project by the Georgian Public Registry encourages citizens to call or send the details of such private ads to them. The Public Registry then places the advertising free of charge in the daily newspaper 24 Hours and publishes it on the websites http://www.eproperty.ge/ and http://www.elisting.ge/, which are operated by the Public Registry
Dimitri Gabunia – Lien has been Imposed on Maka Asatiani’s Property because of Maestro
March 7, 2012
Dimitri Gabunia Maka Asatiani’s lawyer, assesses the Supreme Court decision to seize the 20% share of Mecedes Georgia from Maka Asatiani’s family as an oppression of Maestro TV. Gabunia held a press-conference on the given issue on March 6.
Human Rights Center Condemns Negligence and Inactivity of the Joint Commission of the Penitentiary and Health Ministries
March 6, 2012
On March 6, the Human Rights Center held a press-conference about the rights of prisoners with grave and incurable diseases. At the press-conference the lawyers of the Human Right Center Nino Andriashvili and Eka Kobesashvili spoke about the cases they work on.
Interior Minister between Astonishment and Investigation
March 6, 2012
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia made first comments about Solomon Kimeridze’s case, who died in the Khashuri district police station. Vano Merabishvili evaluated the fact as alarming but based on the preliminary survey he noted that Kimeridze died as a result of incident.
Prosecutor’s Office about Soloman Kimeridze’s Death
March 6, 2012
The Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia started investigation of Soloman Kimeridze’s death fact. The Prosecutor’s Office spread the following statement with regard to the issue.