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Khochabeki – A Waterless Settlement in the Samtskhe-Javakheti Region of Georgia
July 10, 2008
Khochabeki is a settlement in the suburbs of Ninotsminda; locals call it a village. Local residents dream of having water-tap in their yards. Every morning starts with the same procedure in Khochabeki that has gone on for years: people fetch water by cars, horses or carrying it by hand from the town center.
Giorgi Amiranashvili- A Framed Political Prisoner
July 9, 2008
It has become common practice in our country to pursue and arrest citizens for their political views and without legal grounds. It does not come as a surprise to anyone any more when a group of people in masks enters a private house and twists hands behind their backs at 5 in the morning. Such standard procedures have been transformed into the chosen method of detaining suspects in Georgia for now and it is expected to continue into the future.
Only King Solomon Can Understand Sighnaghi District Budget Calculations
July 9, 2008
A adequate supply of safe drinking water is the number 1 problem for the citizens of Sighnaghi District is. Zaza Zedelashvili, the Sighnaghi District Governor admits that the first item that concerns the Municipality authorities is to support the Sighnaghi Municipality administration. The problem of drinking water for the population is not a high priority. 904, 000 GEL was allocated to cover Municipality administration expenses in the Sighnaghi Budget of 2008. This is 28, 5% of the total district budget. 23 000 GEL is assigned for Municipality-Sakrebulo and District Government stationary expenses. 16, 080 GEL out of 23 000 will be spent on purchase of paper. This means that Sakrebulo and District Government representatives need approximately 1 million sheets of paper in a year. Based on this we can infer that they will use 3,831 sheets of paper per for each working day.
Government Targets Kavkasia and Terrorism of Business Continues
July 8, 2008
TV-company Kavkasia has only one way left, which is to ask for financial assistance in order to survive and to continue its existence and supported by the station’s viewing audience. The government has not left any other option for the struggling TV-company: businesspersons who used to air their ads on Kavkasia have been since invited to Financial Police and pressure applied. Demands have been made for them to stop advertising their businesses via this TV-company.
Georgian School of the XXI Century Threats Health of Future Generation
July 8, 2008
“Should not we be grateful to them for having constructed a new school? You could not dream of such a school in your lifetime. It would be excellent…. Now what are you talking about? I wish school construction would soon end as I intend to go to the seaside with the money they will pay to me for having worked on its construction. Shut up, stop complaining; we should be satisfied with the money they pay to us; if we start complaining they will hire other workers,” you can hear such conversations between the workers who are constructing public schools in the villages of Karaleti and Kvakhvreli in Gori district.
Palliative Medical Treatment in Georgia
July 8, 2008
Every year nearly 150 thousand people need palliative treatment. Although the number is still high for Georgia, this direction within the healthcare system has not been developed in our country. Specialists discussed the problems and achievements of the palliative treatment in Georgia at the closing ceremony of the Program - “Media Support”.
A View from a Kobuleti Court House
July 7, 2008
The building of Kobuleti District Court is near the central market in Kobuleti. It is an old building and does not differ much from other old buildings. However, there are only two judges in the district court: Iuza Butskhrikidze and Vera Dolidze. Vera Dolidze also works interim court chairperson as well.
Old Blind Lady Seeks Shelter
July 4, 2008
Liana Malania, 70 physically disabled person has been seeking shelter for the last 17 years. However, all her attempts have been useless. Liana Malania had been working in Zugdidi Educational and Entrepreneurial Innovation of the Association of Georgia’s Blind People. 17 years ago, the head of Association allocated money to Liana Malania. It was because of this money Malania became a member of house constructing union. It was planned that Malania would receive a two-room apartment in a house that was still under construction at that time. Meanwhile, military operations started in west Georgia and as a result the constructing union was abolished and the house construction project stopped. Malania and her little boy were left homeless and she had to find shelter in her relative’s house. She spent her whole life in moving from one relative’s house to another’s.
Innocent Georgian Parents Fined in Lieu of Teenagers
July 4, 2008
The article of the law that contradicts with the Georgian Constitution and international conventions makes people to pay fines even for offenses they have not committed.
Lack of Roads in Ninotsminda District Villages
July 4, 2008
The lack of road continues to be a great problem for the residents of the Ninotsminda district. Local authorities state that soon the problem will be at least partially resolved. However, the incomplete resolution of the problem means that the roads will be repaired only in several villages of the district.
Books and Jobs Sacrificed to Contraversy
July 3, 2008
Former employees of the Sighnaghi Library have been protesting in the building of Sighnaghi Municipality Board for ten days. Demonstrators state they were fired from the library under the order of Nugzar Abulashvili, Sighnaghi single mandate candidate of the Georgian Parliament. The reason for their dismissal was the refusal of library personnel to visit families before the parliamentary elections and persuade people to cast their votes for the ruling party.
Children Drawing Their Dreams
July 3, 2008
“Peace Now and Adults Stop Playing War Last week the Human Rights Center and Georgian Centre for Psychological & Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) organized an action in Support of Victims of Torture in Kutaisi. An art contest was held within the framework of the event. IDP children had to paint what they wanted in the city central park. ”
University Lecturer Dismissed on Political Grounds Appeals Decision
July 2, 2008
Archil Jorjadze, former coordinator and lecturer at the Legal Faculty of the Telavi State University, protested the resolution that provided for his dismissal from the university. On Monday, Jorjadze appealed to the Telavi District Court and demanded to annul the resolution of the head of university administration, and to reimburse the salary of the months when he was illegally fired and demanded 10, 000 GEL for moral compensation.
Political Funding for Georgian TV Companies
July 2, 2008
“I doubt media will be supported in the future; the freedom of expression will be further restricted; newspapers and TV Company “Kavkasia” will encounter additional problems.” “Everything depends how skilled and strong media sources stand. I do not know what they are planning but I know what I am going to do,” said journalists Ia Antadze and Nino Jangirashvili after news program of the TV Company “Mze” was taken off the air. Although the TV Company was often blamed for partiality, the closure of the news programs made the situation even tenser.
Georgia Has Shanghaied Its Flagship of State with Rigged Elections
July 1, 2008
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) Election Report “I wonder if CoE are talking about the same parliamentary elections - or was this report from another country and they [CoE] used the cut and paste function in its production; it is clear that PACE didn’t see or didn’t want to see some of the more blatant violations - and it does not understand that democracy is a far cry from being alive and well in Georgia.”
Georgian Reforms: Benefits or Not, & “Who Really Benefits”
July 1, 2008
“My last visit to Georgia was sad. Nothing worked in this country; there was no light and people were afraid to go out in the street. I discovered that people return home at 3-4:00 PM instead of 6-7:00 PM as they should arrive home before it gets dark. That’s why I always avoided to arriving back to Georgia and preferred to invite my relatives to my home outside of Georgia. However, after many years I arrived in Georgia in 2004 and found out that nothing had been changed. The country was still in frozen situation and face dire economic conditions. It is like seeing your house without windows and with ruined walls. It is only natural that the first idea that comes to your mind is to renovate the house. However, it is not a valid question to go the next step and ask as whether or not I should redecorate the house or not? This was the assessment of Kakha Bendukidze, the head of the Prime-Minister’s Administration about the urgency of structural and economic reforms.
Professors vs. Administration: What’s going on at Zugdidi State Institute?!
July 1, 2008
There exists a controversy between the lecturers and interim rector of the Zugdidi Shota Meskhia State Institute, which resulted from a stiff competition for academic positions at the institution of higher education. The professors feel that they have been swindled out of academic positions by the terms of the competition having been changed midway. Consequently they have since filed complaints against Teona Khupenia to the Georgian Parliament, president’s chancellery and the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science. They hold Khupenia, the interim rector responsible for having conducted an illegal competition. The terminated and not rehired professors are now demanding that responsible institutions react to the violation that their labor and academic rights be protected.
Ordinary Soldiers Punished for Red Tape Mistakes of Okruashvili’s Generals
June 30, 2008
I overheard an out of the ordinary conversation of women who were sitting in public transport, as one of them was complaining about the plight of her soldier son in Iraq. “How can I pay 24,000 GEL have but there is a lean on my house. I regret having sent my son to Iraq in the first place. He earns his money from the army and it is his life, as he is still there. Never has he been a problem – as he always had good relationship with the commanding officer and other soldiers. But now they have appealed to the court against us. I do not have money to hire an attorney and they may take my house,” the woman explained as she told her story to the woman sitting besides her.
Giorgi Shervashidze: “Lack of Investigation Shows Government’s Involvement”
June 27, 2008
“They were mostly kicking m and it does appear that they were evidently professionals in what they did to me. They were silent and did not insult me at all. I asked them what they were doing but then I passed out.. When I recovered, the attackers were looking down at me and then continued beating of me for the next thirty seconds. My wife was watching situation from a balcony; neighbors looked out when they heard her crying and soon the attackers left the yard,” recalled Giorgi Shervashidze, former commander of Georgian Internal Forces and currently a member of the political bloc “Democrats” - the incident happened on June 19.
Pros and Cons of Draft Legislation on Jury System
June 27, 2008
“Generally the draft law of the Georgian Criminal Procedural Code deserves to be viewed in positive light. It is an attempt to finally establish a fair and actual judiciary system in Georgia,” stated Georgian lawyers about the new draft law dealing with the Georgian Criminal Procedural Code.