Borjomi council impeaches head
Zaza Chachanidze from the Alliance of Patriots was impeached in a row over the council’s refusal to sign off on pay rises at the mayor’s office.
Memorial’s Daghestani head attacked in Makhachkala
The head of the Russian rights group’s local office was attacked outside his home and remains in hospital.
Drug decriminalisation on hold in Georgia as officials submit controversial new draft
The new bill has faced backlash from activists and rights groups, who say it does not address the problems with the country’s drug policy.
Armenian parliament bans reporters from Yerevan City Council
The law comes just weeks after reporters captured the physical assault of two female councillors in the council chamber.
Armenian woman ‘forcibly detained and abused’ by Stepanakert Police
Asya Khachatryan accuses officers of cursing at, threatening her, and slapping her in the face, because she smokes and has blue hair.
Miner dies in Chiatura tunnel collapse
Trade unions say Zaza Abramashvili, 45, was forced to work in a ‘high-risk’ area.
Head of Georgian Public Registry ‘sexually harassed’ employees
Papuna Ugrekhelidze has also been accused of threatening to attack one of the women.
‘Sex pest’ NGO head resigns in Georgia
Zviad Devdariani quit as executive director of CiDA on Thursday, after being accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault by at least 10 women.
Georgian parliament rejects gender quota bill
The bill, signed by 37,000 voters, would have required parties to field an equal number of men and women as candidates.
Georgia to ‘sanction rights violators’ in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
The Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili list aims to punish those accused of human rights violations against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.