Georgian parliament paves the way for swathes of forestland to be handed to Orthodox Church
The law allows the Georgian Orthodox Church to claim hundreds of hectares of state-owned forests around churches and monasteries across the country.
New law allows Georgian government to restrict rights without declaring state of emergency
The law, criticised by both rights groups and the country’s opposition, will be in force until 15 July.
Coronavirus live updates | Officials remain silent on Kadyrov’s health and whereabouts
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Coronavirus live updates | Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly hospitalised in Moscow
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Giving birth in a toilet: New report criticises Georgia’s psychiatric facilities
The report from Georgia’s Public Defender states that psychiatric facilities across the country do not adequately address women’s reproductive health.
News editors arrested for ‘extortion’ in Azerbaijan
An editor at news site Azel TV and the editor-in-chief of news site Kheberfakt have been charged with extorting money from politicians.
WHO recommendations ‘widely disregarded’ in South Ossetia’s Akhalgori
Tbilisi-based rights group DRI has reported that the ethnic-Georgian populated area is particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Coronavirus live updates | Georgia lifts quarantine in eight villages in Bolnisi
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Coronavirus live updates | Georgia’s Marneuli Municipality reopens
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Leaked Zoom meetings reveal homophobia and discord among Azerbaijan’s opposition
Comments made by leading members of the National Council of Democratic Forces included that one ‘regreted Hitler did not exterminate the gays’.