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The Rights of Children’s Rights’ Defenders has been violated
June 7, 2007
In April, after the reorganization in Kutaisi self-governance, 300 employees lost their jobs. Among them are 12 employees of children’s rights’ defender’s department.
How people are informed about their rights in Zugdidi…
June 6, 2007
Human Rights Informational and Documentation Center Zugdidi office has conducted street polls. The topic of polls was the awareness of local people about human rights. The aim of the survey was to determine how informed are local residents about their rights, how do they think weather their rights are violated or not, and to which organization they apply in a case when their rights are roughly violated.
81 Year-old Man is Judged for Police Scrap-iron Business
June 6, 2007
Gurjaani district court is discussing the case of Giorgi Mchedlishvili, the inhabitant of Dedoplistskaro district. The prosecution blames 81 year-old man in stealing the five-tone iron tank. But the blamed person is accusing the former officials of local police in illegal scrap-iron business. According to him the investigator misled him to sign the confession testimony. “I am a veteran of the war. I have lived the whole life frankly and I do not want to die under the name of thief” – says 81 year-old man facing 6 years of imprisonment. He is asking the human rights organizations for help.
Non Governmental Organization “Saphari” Presents Annual Report
June 4, 2007
Two days ago union “Saphari” presented one year report of the project “Creation of regional network of victims of domestic violance”.
Water problems in Liakhvi Gorge
June 4, 2007
Population of Didi (Big) and Patara (Small) Laiakhvi gorge face the problem of water supply. Villages of the conflict zones now started worrying on how to water the lands that the only source of income. Hectares of plant gardens are fading. Population fear that if drought continues one more month, they might stay without harvest.
Vengeance on Political Grounds
June 1, 2007
“The police officer locked the door, made a circle around me and beat me and kicked me like a fascist,” said Samvel Saponjian, a resident of the Akhalkalaki District. He claims that it was political vengeance and demands that the police officer be punished for the accident, which happened three years ago.
Khelvachauri Municipality Seized Plots of More Than One Thousand Families
June 1, 2007
Khelvachauri Municipality concluded that plots distributed to people between the years 1999 to 2004 were illegal. Initially, the New Rights Party, the National Forum Party and the Georgian Young Lawyers Association appealed to court against the Municipality resolution on nullifying the distribution of plots. Roin Malakmadze, the chairman of the Khelvachauri Municipality, said that all the acts were cancelled that had been adopted illegally. Murad Malakmadze, a resident of the village of Sharabidzeebi, protests the Chairman’s actions. “The plot was granted to me under the reform. I have built a house, started a farm on it, and now they say it is illegal. Do I have any fault in it?!”
Islamic Army Threatens Us with Terrorist Acts
May 31, 2007
Iraq Islamic Army protests Georgian soldier’s participation in peace-making operations. Several days ago, they sent threatening letter to Georgia which stated that if we go on cooperation with American people, they would arrange terrorist acts in Georgia.
On The Edge of Impoverishment
May 31, 2007
Mzia Jachvliani, a disabled woman of the second group, lives in the village of Meore Svireli in the Zestafoni District. She lives with her family in the half-ruined house she had inherited it from her father. In 2002 the family’s situation worsened when their house was damaged by landslide. The walls of the house cracked and it became dangerous to spend nights in the house. The family expects their house to pull down everyday.
“Here Women Have No Rights and They Are Blind…”
May 30, 2007
We heard the stories of three women in the village of Jigrasheni in the Ninotsminda District and initially, the stories seemed quite very ordinary. Women, having got used to hard work, do not complain about poor life; they are telling you about their everyday life without any regret.
Number of Georgian Soldiers in Iraq to 2 000
May 30, 2007
Since 2007 the contingent of Georgian soldiers working as peacekeeping troops in Iraq and Kosovo will increase from 280 up to 2000. If Georgian peacekeepers patrolled the green line and carried out mine-clearing operations, hereafter they will be moved to the red line. Many people fail to understand why Georgia increases its contingent in the war zone while other countries have either reduced or withdrawn their troops from Iraq.
“We Are People Deprived of All Rights”
May 30, 2007
IDPs from Abkhazia have visited the Human Rights Center’s Kutaisi office lately. They complain about their rights being violated and recall many facts, too. Their complaints are varied: some complain about unemployment, others complain about poor living conditions or evictions.
Impoverished Patient Blames Doctors for Carelessness and Corruption
May 29, 2007
The family of Abetsvashvilis, living in the Signagi District, blames the doctors of the Tsnori hospital and Tbilisi Burn Center for negligence. They claim that the doctors did not treat three-year-old Ana Betsvashvili, who was in poorest conditions with severe burn, until the media and NGOs got interested in the situation. Disabled child could enjoy the medical card, with which Abetsashvilis could be treated free of charge as well as other kind examinations, only after the increased interest in their problem.
Residents of Salibauri Were Cut Off Water Supply
May 29, 2007
The village of Salibauri in the Khelvachauri District, where more than 180 families live in, has not been supplied with water in the summer for the last few years. Two days ago, the villagers held warning demonstration in the center of the village. They said that their problem was caused by the selfishness of the people from the village of Akhalsheni who are using the water for irrigation. Representatives of the Republic Party think that this problem is caused by disability of the Local Government. District Governor, Badri Shavlidze said that the problem is eradicated formally and cannot help his anger when the people listen only to the opposition.
Closed Doors and Broken Bridge in Gori
May 29, 2007
Non-governmental organizations have been widely discussing the restriction of the freedom of expression in Gori; however, there is no result yet. Representatives of the NGOs said that local authority’s activities hinder their organizations and journalists to work impartially in the region.
Reactions of MPs on Sorry Campaign
May 28, 2007
Representatives of the Georgian legislative body give various estimations regarding the Sorry Campaign which was launched by the non-governmental organization “Human Rights Centre”. The centre has spread the appeal to Abkhaz people within the campaign. Some MPs think that the campaign was launched to gain grants or survive. The others think that it means to plead guilty.
Authority Has Dispersed the Only TV Company in Shida Kartli
May 28, 2007
Local authority has opposed the mass media vehemently in Shida Kartli. On May 26, at 2:00 AM tractors pulled down the fence of the TV Company Trialeti.
Case on Irakli Batiashvili Will Be Sent to Strasburg
May 28, 2007
Seven-year-imprisonment for “Intellectual Support” of the Kodori Gorge Rebel-it is the verdict of the judge at the Civil Court, Maia Tetrauli, which she has passed on a famous politician, former Security Minister and active member of national movement, Irakli Batiashvili few days ago. The accused went on a hunger strike and his case materials are going to be sent to Strasburg.
Everyday Life and Problems of Dukhabors (The End)
May 25, 2007
There are not young people in the village of Gorelovka at all. All respondents are over fifty. “Now you will meet only old people everywhere-on the plots, on the road, in the yards…Only elderly people remained here. I live with my eighty-two-year-old father who has got deaf and blind and I am looking after him. My children went to Russia. My youngest son went there during the first migration. Although he worked on combine, then he could not get any job and went to Russia. He moved to Tula in the Arkhangleski district with his wife and children. I do not want to go to Russia, I have got used to living here but I have no choice. I have to go…I receive only 38 lari a month. I could not plant potato this year either,” said sixty-year-old Anastasia Tikhonova. Finally we found a young man next to the shop in the center of the village. He was sitting near the wall in the sun. Local people seldom see sunshine in the village.
Who Has Destroyed the Church Under Construction?
May 25, 2007
Society got furious and protested the deconstruction of the St. Gabriel’s Church which was under construction on the Feria Mountain in Batumi. As it became clear, before the deconstruction, the Chairman of the Adjara Government, Levan Varshalomidze, in the name of the President, was trying to persuade the Father Dimitri, Bishop of the Batumi-Kobuleti Eparchy to stop the construction and give the territory to the authority. Simultaneous to it, iron cross was removed in Kobuleti. The parish and representatives of the church consider the facts as a fight against the Orthodoxy. Particularly sever was the reaction of the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition. The re-construction of the destroyed churches started on the same day. The government gave in and stated that it was unpleasant misunderstanding.