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Budgets of local self-governments will fund initiatives of the MIA
November 18, 2016
“Safe city, safe region, safe country” – it is the title of the new project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which aims to prevent crime, to operatively respond to the committed crime, to identify and combat administrative violations, to manage traffic flow and to ensure collection of valid evidence. The project aims to increase role of high technologies in the work of the police and to improve the crime-prevention activities.
Protest Demonstrations in Parallel to the First Session of the Parliament of Georgia
November 18, 2016
The ninth convocation of the Parliament of Georgia opened the first session in Kutaisi in parallel to the protest demonstrations. Representatives of different NGOs and Free Trade Union gathered in front of the Kutaisi building of the legislative body despite the rainy weather; they called on the legislators to defend the rights of the voters.
“Our Diversity Is Our Wealth” – International Day of Tolerance
November 17, 2016
On November 16, the administration of the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia organized an official reception to mark the International Day of Tolerance. Representatives of the legislative and executive branches of the Government of Georgia, diplomatic corps, international and non-governmental organizations attended the reception.
Prosecutor’s Witnesses into Lawyer Mdinaradze’s Case do not Support the Prosecutor’s Position
November 17, 2016
On November 14, the Tbilisi City Court held next trial into the case of the former head of the Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo district police unit Lasha Kvirkvaia. The case is about a high-profile case which refers to the physical assault of the lawyer Giorgi Mdinardze in the police office, for what Kvirkvaia was accused of abuse of power and harassment.
Gori Municipality Initiative – elevator for disabled people
November 15, 2016
A 25-year-old Viktor Karkishvili is a disabled person. He lives on the 4th floor of the 5-store residential building. He has to leave house every day and says it is more difficult to leave the building than move about the city.
Head of Gori Education Resource Center was fired
November 9, 2016
Official reason of firing Zurab Kareli from the position of the head of Gori district Education Resource Center was the audit report of the Ministry of Education and Science. However, local media reports he was dismissed because of the offensive comment he made about UNM on Facebook after the results of the second round of the Parliamentary Elections were published. Zurab Kareli offended the UNM and its supporters in the social network.
Kutaisi will have three MPs in the Parliament
November 9, 2016
3 single mandate candidates will represent interests of Kutaisi voters in the 9th convocation of the Parliament. On October 30, candidates from the ruling party won in the second round of elections. Genadi Margvelashvili received 69, 28% in the election district #47, Koba Narchemashvili received 67,33% in the election district # 49 and Dimitri Mkheidze 75.28 in the district #48. With the results, they defeated the candidates from the UNM.
The choice of ethnic minorities – interesting tendencies
November 7, 2016
On October 30, the 2016 Parliamentary Elections were over with the second round of the majoritarian elections in 50 districts. According to the official information, the Georgian Dream won in 48 districts. The precincts of Marneuli Municipality were the noisiest in both rounds of the elections. HRIDC observers reported that the confrontation took place in the precinct #50 in Kizilajlo village.
The Second round of the Parliamentary Elections – evaluations of the observation organizations
November 2, 2016
Propaganda around the precincts, issues related with inking procedures, intimidation of observers and interference in their activities, law competence of the election commission members were most important problems in the second round of the Parliamentary Elections as the observation organizations.
Voters “publicly” expressed will
November 2, 2016
Although the principle of privacy in voting is guaranteed by the Georgian legislation, during the second tour of the Parliamentary Elections, there were cases when voters placed their election cards in the ballot envelopes; some voters wrote initials on the ballot papers. Also, some voters expressed their choice differently, in particular, they used squares to mark desirable candidate.
Int’l Election Observers’ Assessment of Runoff Elections
November 2, 2016
The October 30 runoff elections were “competitive and administered in a manner that respected the rights of candidates and voters”, OSCE/ODIHR-led international election observation mission said in its preliminary conclusions on Monday.
Georgian Dream won the second round of the parliamentary elections in Kutaisi
November 2, 2016
The Georgian Dream won the second round of the Parliamentary Elections in all three single mandate districts in Kutaisi. According to the preliminary information of the CEC, Genadi Margvelashvili of the GD gained 69, 28%, and Giorgi Tevdoradze of the UNM gained 30,75% in the single mandate district #47: in the district #48 Dimitri Mkheidze of the GD gained 75,28%, and Akaki Bobokhidze of the UNM gained 24,72%; in the district #49 Koba Narchemashvili of the GD gained 67,33%, Gigi Tsereteli of the UNM - 32.67%.
Turnout of voters reduced in Marneuli
November 1, 2016
“Turnout of the voters has significantly reduced. On October 8, at least 700 citizens had already come to vote by 12:00 pm but now their number is only 200,” independent observer Rezo Aliyev at the precinct # 48 in Kizilajlo village, Marneuli municipality said.
Demonstration with the request of effective labor inspection was held in front of the State Chancellery
October 30, 2016
On October 28, a warning demonstration with the request to immediately review labor policy and to create effective labor inspection was held in front of the Government Administration.
Evaluation of the Second Round of the Georgian Parliamentary Elections
October 30, 2016
Today, the observers of Human Rights Center monitored the second round of the Parliamentary Elections in three regions of Georgia. The monitors and journalists of the Center were deployed in Kvemo Kartli region - in the villages compactly inhabited with ethnic minorities in Marneuli municipality; in the conflict-affected villages of Shida Kartli and in Khashuri; in Kakheti region – in the villages of Pankisi Gorge and also in the villages of ethnic minorities in Telavi municipality.
Incident in Sobisi – UNM Supporter Was Beaten
October 30, 2016
Supporter of the United National Movement was physically assaulted in Kvemo Sobisi village, Gori municipality. Albert Merebashvili has injuries on the face. He blames Koba Berianidze, member of the Gori municipal board from the Georgian Dream, in his physical assault. As Merebashvili said he was beaten because of his political views.
Appeal of NGOs regarding violent incident in Akhaltsikhe
October 30, 2016
We, the under-signed organizations, are concerned about the incident that happened on October 27 in Akhaltsikhe and call on the police to investigate the case promptly, objectively and impartially and take all lawful measures. Particularly alarming is allegation about possible participation of the regional governor in the incident.
Occupation regime assigned Ilia Takadze to Georgian side
October 28, 2016
On October 26, as a result of the scheduled meeting in the frame of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, Ilia Takadze, resident of Kirbali village, who was arrested by the occupation regime soldiers several days ago, was freed from Tskhinvali detention setting. Russian soldiers arrested Ilia Takadze when he was collecting fire-wood in the forest. The family paid 2 000 Russian rubles as a fine.
Abuse of administrative resources in Khashuri municipality
October 27, 2016
“If authenticity of the audio-recording is confirmed, Khashuri municipality deputy governor Zurab Chkhitunidze and single mandate candidate from the Georgian Dream Valeri Gelashvili may be fined with 2 000 GEL each,” lawyer of Shida Kartli office of Human Rights Center Aleksi Merebashvili said when commenting on the audio-recording spread by the Shida Kartli Information Center.
300 Milion EURO Investment Planned in Gori Municipality
October 26, 2016
On October 25, Gori municipality governor Davit Oniashvili and head of the Easter Europe Regional Development Center Tomash Makovski announced at the joint press-conference that the Easter European Development Foundation will invest 300 million Euro in Gori municipality to develop educational, tourist infrastructure, solid plural remains management, greenhouse farming, water and sewage systems.