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Gali, Abkhazia. Photo: Lana Kokaia/On.ge

2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgians in Abkhazia and South Ossetia unable to vote

•6 min read

Ethnic Georgians living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia won’t be able to vote in Georgian parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 October. The Georgian government has no plan how to protect their citizens’ right to cast a vote. This is an edited version of an article published by our partners at On.ge on 23 October 2020. Rezo (name changed) lives in the Gali District of eastern Abkhazia. He would like to vote in the upcoming Georgian elections, but the checkpoint is closed due to the Covid-1

Akhalgori

Ruling party loses majority in South Ossetian parliament

by OC Media

•9 min read

The ruling United Ossetia Party has lost their majority in South Ossetia’s parliament, winning just 14 of 34 seats. Official results were published on Wednesday evening with 100% of votes counted. The party of President Anatoly Bibilov, who formally resigned as party leader on being elected to office in 2017, still came out on top in 9 June’s vote. Ninety-eight candidates, 60 party-nominated and 38 independents, competed in Sunday’s vote for 17 single-mandate seats, with United Osseti

Akhalgori

South Ossetia links dead Georgian citizen to ‘home-made bomb’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Authorities in South Ossetia have linked Archil Tatunashvili, a Georgian citizen who died in custody in Tskhinvali (Tskhinval) last week, to a homemade bomb they say they found in Akhalgori (Leningor). A State of emergency has been declared in Akhalgori, and riot police deployed to the district. Tatunashvili was arrested on 22 February in Akhalgori, and died in Tskhinvali later that night. According to the South Ossetian security services, he died after falling from the stairs while tryi