TBILISI, 2 October 2013 – Today at Holiday Inn Tbilisi hotel the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) and JumpStart Georgi
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili held a meeting today in his private residence with representatives of Georgian TV stations. During the meeting he made several harsh and aggressive remarks towards individual journalists and criticized the overall l
This week, the Bureau of the Parliament of Georgia registered a bill initiated by Irine Imerlishvili and Zurab Abashidze, members of the parliamentary majority. According to the bill, a Georgian citizen can be banned from leaving Georgia “for interes
The Parliament of Georgia discusses amendments to the Law on Broadcasting in an accelerated procedural manner. The joint proposal by Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Transparency International Georgia on the amendments to the Law on Broadcasti
On 24 September Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) filed a lawsuit in the Tbilisi City Court against the President’s administration. The organization is appealing the administration’s refusal to provide information about the scholarships
One year ago, on 18 September 2012, videos emerged in the media showing torture and the inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in the penitentiary system. These videos clearly demonstrated the severity and scale of human rights v
Today, on 19 September, the Tbilisi Appeal Court upheld a ruling by the Tbilisi City Court annulling an Order of the Ministry of Finance. According to the order, the Georgian Post had been given preferential treatment and the commercial activities of
Transparency International Georgia announces a tender for insurance services for its employees (50 persons). The temrs of insurance package is included in the attached excel file. Any additional service will be considered as an advantage for the appl
On 10 September, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (the GPB) declined (in Georgian) a request from the United National Movement (the UNM) to air six videos of a political nature, citing that the videos did not comply with the requirements set for pre-e
This document is meant to provide input and recommendations to the Georgian government for the next steps in the process to replace analogue terrestrial television with digital terrestrial television by 17 June 2015. Since coming to power, the govern