On November 16, representatives of the Christian Group Jehovah's Witnesses found one of the walls of their Assembly Hall had been shelled with bullets. The incident took place in Upper Etseri village in the Chkhoria territorial authority of Zugdidi M

The below signatory civil society organizations disapprove of the legal draft submitted to the Parliament that, if passed, would sanction statements insulting religious sentiments. The Parliament of Georgia is currently reviewing a bill that would qu

1. General Assessment The electoral process was generally held in a calm environment during the day. Our monitors did not observe a single case of misuse of administrative resources and direct pressure or intimidation of voters. We also consider it a

  The electoral process was generally held in a calm environment during the day, and the number of violations we observed decreased considerably towards the end of the day. By the end of voting, Transparency International Georgia had observed mo

By 16:00 today, Transparency International Georgia has observed a total of around 50 violations, 29 complaints have been filed by our observers. The following issues have been observed during this time period: Voting without required documentation

Transparency International Georgia is monitoring the presidential elections with the help of 370 local observers. Stationary observers are placed in 300 precincts and are covering 66 of 73 electoral districts. Precincts have been chosen randomly. In

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)   Short Overview The Parliamentary Elections in 2012 resulted in the first transfer of pow

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) today, according to a report by Imedi TV, denied TI Georgia’s finding that the Ministry is continuing a practice of previous governments and maintains an officer positioned inside both the Georgian Public Broadc