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On the 3rd August at 4.00 a.m., law enforcers were looking for weapons and explosives in the family home of the Givradzes, in the village of Uchkho in the Khulo region. Special forces officers harmed the family during the search. The family members, terrified by the special operation, recall the details.

“The authority does not like books in Gori” - these are the conclusions made by the staff at Gori and the Gori region’s libraries. According to official information, the libraries that were retained in the villages through many difficulties are now being abolished, but in Gori youth libraries are most targeted.

A school for children suffering with scoliosis in Rustavi is going to be closed down. Pupils, teachers and parents are protesting against this decision and ask for help. They are sure that reforms should be implemented, however “Ill children should not become the victims of reform. Closing the school means leaving children without anything”, say parents and teachers.