Transgender employee attacked in Spar supermarket in Tbilisi
The incident is the third attack on an employee of Spar in Tbilisi in the last two months after a 20-year-old cashier was murdered in December.
Azerbaijani blogger ‘offered bribe’ by opponent to pull out of parliamentary race
Mehman Huseynov claimed MP Faraj Guliyev offered him $9,000 to withdraw his candidacy.
Russian journalists demand release of Daghestani colleague Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev
Over a dozen prominent Russian journalists appealed for the release of the Chernovik journalist prompting single-person pickets in Moscow.
Georgia debates whether to allow in Russian Council of Europe delegates
A debate is raging in Georgia over whether the country should allow in Russian delegates who have violated Georgia’s ‘Law on Occupied Territories’.
Prosecutor’s move to liquidate Ingush National Unity Committee as parliament backs protest group
Eleven MPs from the Ingush parliament backed members of the National Unity Committee over allegations they had been pressuring MPs.
German police raid MPs’ homes in Azerbaijan bribery probe
Two German MPs and one former MP are being investigated on bribery charges on suspicion of lobbying for Azerbaijan.
Laid-off Rustavi nitrogen factory workers win back jobs after three-year legal battle
The sudden dismissal of 350 workers in 2017 led to large protests outside the factory and in Tbilisi.
Sixteen-year-old girl murdered in Azerbaijan weeks after ‘wedding’
The girl’s 19-year-old husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder but has denied his guilt.
Protest in Baku over arrest of activist who ‘defended rape victim’
Around a dozen women protested the arrest of an activist allegedly detained and tortured for attempting to report a police official for rape.
Justice Minister accused of ‘spying’ on prison monitors
Justice Minister Tea Tsulukian came under fire for airing a video of a prison monitor from the Public Defender’s Office interviewing an inmate.