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Landless Peasants Oppose 'British Petroleum'
November 15, 2006
The argument between the village of Naokhrebi and the Pipeline Company of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan has not been resolved for three years now. During this time, peasants who live in poor conditions have received neither money nor their crops from the land.
Society Criticizes Former Kakheti Region Governor
November 14, 2006
Last week, changes in personnel resulted into assigning former Governor of Kakheti, Petre Tsiskarishvili, to the position of the Minister of Agriculture. At the briefing, President Saakashvili praised his two-year activities "in one of most problematic regions". Representatives of non-governmental organizations and independent mass media in Kakheti do not agree with the president.
TV Company 'Trialeti' Canceled News Broadcasting
November 14, 2006
Shida Kartli TV-Radio Company "Trialeti' cancelled News broadcasting. News program 'Anarekli' has given up functioning since Friday. Nino Chibchiuri, the interim head of the News-Room stated on live that 'Anarekli' has stopped working for uncertain period of time.
Homeless Family Cannot Find Justice
November 13, 2006
Elene Lezhava applied to 'Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre' in Gori. She was housed in the former Drug Addiction Centre in Kombinati District. According to Ms. Elene, she and her bed-ridden mother were evicted from their house and have not been able to have their case heard since then.
Lawyers Blame Judges for Human Rights Violations
November 10, 2006
Lawyers from Kakheti and non-governmental organizations speak about faulty court reform. According to them, the reform turned judges into notaries working for the prosecutor's office. Furthermore, the whole system is in chaos, and there are many problems.
Drug Supplies Run Out in Georgia
November 9, 2006
The Russian embargo has affected the drug supply in Georgia. Although the deficiency is not yet critical, some drugs have begun to disappear from pharmacies. According to pharmacists, if European drug companies do not begin supplying medicines to replace Russian ones, there will soon be a critical shortage. There is already a shortage in the number of rabies vaccines.
Elderly Woman Sacked with 8,000 Dollar Judgment
November 8, 2006
Zhermen Begiashvili is a seventy-seven-year-old woman who lives at 5 Akhmeteli Street in Batumi. In 2003, she bequeathed her flat to Medea Beridze's son. However, Begiashvili later changed her will. Beridze took Begiashvili to court and demanded that she reimburse him for eight thousand dollars in expenses.
Tragic History of a Large Family
November 8, 2006
Meri Markoidze passed away at the pregnancy of the ninth child. She could not feed her child and decided to get rid of him through drinking iodine. Seven children, who remained under father's care, live in incredible situation. Children do not have proper meal and they cannot receive education either.
Flood in Zugdidi District
November 7, 2006
On 2 November, incessant rain resulted into the rise of River Enguri. In the villages of Khurcha, Shamgona, Ganmukhuri the water reached critical level and flooded the river-bed. It flooded plots, cornfields and nut-groves of local people. Mostly damaged are the people from the village of Ganmukhuri.
Six Georgian Victims of Trafficking in Turkey
November 7, 2006
Six hundred sixty six trafficked victims have been discovered in Turkey for the last three years. They are mostly from former soviet countries. Moldavian, Ukrainian and Russian girls take first three places in the list. According to 2006 data, Georgians are on the seventh place.
Judge Sentenced Luka Ramazashvili to Eight-Years Imprisonment
November 6, 2006
On October 26, Judge Leila Otarashvili at Telavi District Court sentenced Luka Ramazashvili to eight years in prison. The defendant is one of the founders of the 'Kazbegi' Company and head of the Kakheti branch of the 'Mretsvelebi' political party.
Fees Are Fixed for Bar Exams
November 3, 2006
Those lawyers who want to be attorneys should pay 50 lari to take bar exams. It had been free up to present. Having passed exams, attorneys should pay 200GEL to Bar Association a year. The first stage of the exams was passed by 40% only and it caused increase in 30% of legal service price.
Most Impoverished People in Zugdidi Can Not Receive Allowances
November 3, 2006
3 000 impoverished families out of total 13 500 received allowances within the State Poverty Reduction Program. Sixty-nine year-old lonely woman, Bedisha Kikaleishvili is among them who were left without aid.
Law Enforcers Breaking Law
November 2, 2006
Tamaz Beridze and Durmishkhan Inasaridze are serving two months pre-trial imprisonment for burglary. They were charged on the basis of a testimony made by illiterate witness.
Food in Exchange for Labor
November 2, 2006
In Georgia special program for socially excluded population,' Food in Exchange for labor' has been launched. Within the framework of the program unemployed people are hired; however their labor is reimbursed with products. As for the daily amount of the food, they are 2, 2 kilo flour, 120 grams of oil and 120 grams of sugar.
Goods Are Delayed at the Custom House Illegally
November 1, 2006
Construction materials imported by Ltd 'Merkuri' have been delayed by Custom House 'Dasavleti' for four months. Administration of 'Merkuri' thinks that the goods are delayed on purpose.
Impoverished Families Were Omitted from the List
November 1, 2006
In Adjara, many impoverished families who were involved in the poverty program have not received any aid from the Government yet. They state at the Social Agency that they forgot to include those families in the list.
'Find the Wanted Yourselves and Let Us Know' – Working Method of Georgian Police
November 1, 2006
Officials from Tbilisi Didube-Chughureti District Police Department stated to Bondo Tsitsikashvili's family members that they can not fight against swindlers. Bondo Tsitsikashvili is a victim from the village of Uflistsikhe in Gori District. Being sure in their failure, the policemen ordered the Tsitsikashvilis to find the wanted themselves and then inform the police. Law enforcers from the capital stated the following: "We can not do anything else".
Victim of Trafficking Can Not Return to Uzbekistan from Georgia
October 31, 2006
Twenty-four-year-old mother with two children from Uzbekistan has been in Georgia for five months and can not return to her country because of prolonged court process. She is the only witness who can retell how Marina Chkhikvadze-Oganesian sold her in Dubai; how was she forced to work in sex business and then got into a prison.
Will Doctors Be Punished?
October 30, 2006
Doctors' indifference and incompetence resulted into the death of two people in Khobi District this year. Twenty-four-year-old Lasha Danelia died late in May and nine-year-old Natia Kereselidze died on October 22. The doctors, accused for Lasha Danelia's death, were punished. However, we can not say the same about Natia Kereselidze's death.