Angry protesters block officials from HPP meeting in Georgia’s Svaneti
The government-organised meeting planned to discuss the environmental impact assessment report of a hydropower plant project in the region.
Georgian social workers to begin strike after negotiations with Health Ministry break down
Staff from the Social Services Agency are demanding more resources and better working conditions.
Georgia to toughen laws on child-sex offenders
A new government bill would restrict the rights of convicted sex offenders on their release as well as create a child-sex offenders registry.
Chechnya sentences rights activist Oyub Titiyev to four years in prison
The head of Russian rights group Memorial’s Chechen branch was defiant in court vowing to ‘fight injustice’ until the end of his life.
New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions
Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.
Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’
Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of violence.
Georgian ‘royal divorcees’ face-off in court over right to the throne
Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky and her father Nugzar are suing Ana’s ex-husband, Davit Bagration-Mukhraneli, for speaking on behalf of the monarchy.
Georgian Dream ‘will not open parliamentary probe’ into Khazaradze affair
New accusations against the government by Khazaradze include attempts to pressure the media during elections.
Creator of ‘Imamat of Daghestan’ Instagram account detained by FSB
Akhmed Israfilov was detained on extremism charges after repeatedly calling for the cancellation of cultural events in Daghestan.
Council of Europe Racism Commission criticises Georgia’s state religious agency
The commission said the agency had not fulfilled its recommendations to cooperate with the public defender.