May 20, 2010 / Tbilisi, Georgia – On 4 May 2010, regional media reported that acts of violence had been committed against members of opposition political parties in Mestia on 3 May. According to eyewitnesses, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Governor Zaza Goro

Tbilisi, Georgia – On 20 May 2010, the Electoral Media Center established jointly by three local observer organizations – Transparency International Georgia, the International Society of Fair Elections and Democracy and the Georgian Young Lawyers’ As

In order to test the transparency of various public institutions and citizens’ access to public information, Transparency International (TI) Georgia undertook a series of field tests in February-May 2010. Fifty-two Freedom of Information (FOI) reques

This document provides the comment of TI Georgia, ISFED and GYLA regarding the report published on May 25 by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Free and Fair Elections (hereinafter referred to as IATF), which refers to the violations revealed as the resu

Tbilisi, Georgia – Transparency International Georgia, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy and the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association submitted 154 complaints and appeals to the electoral administration and courts before the 3

In 2005, Georgia passed a new Law on General Education that envisaged sweeping reforms to the way schools were run, decentralising the system. School boards of trustees were established with powers to appoint and dismiss school principals and formula

Tbilisi, Georgia – The Inter-Agency Task Force for Free and Fair Elections (IATF) was established on 13 April 2010. According to the authorities, IATF was formed in order to facilitate the conduct of the 30 May local elections in as transparent and f

Taxation – fundamental to state formation and the provision of state services – has long been an issue that has plagued Georgia. Before the Rose Revolution, there was widespread tax avoidance and evasion, reflecting state weakness and cor

Of the 1,193 persons held in preliminary detention, only one was able to exercise the constitutional right of voting in the local elections.Employees of penitentiary institutions voted in those institutions on the election day.On 30 May 2010, Transpa