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In pictures | The gravel is grayer on the other side: no sports fields in Khevsureti

20 November 2018 by Ian McNaught Davis

Boys do press-ups on the grassless football field during a physical education class. These classes are lead by Zaza Gogochuri, the sports teacher for year 5 to year 12. ‘We play football a lot,’ he says. ‘If there were more sports facil­i­ties, I would be able to teach them bas­ket­ball and boxing.’ (Ian McNaught Davis/OC Media)

In the mountain village of Barisakho, in Georgia’s northern, his­tor­i­cal Khev­sureti region, children at the local school have nowhere to practice sports. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: barisakho, children, georgia, Judo, khevsureti, poverty, school, sport, wrestling

MPs grill investigators over Khorava Street murders

25 June 2018 by OC Media

Otar Kakhidze, Sergi Kapanadze and Elene Khoshtaria (Mzia Saganelidze - RFE/RL)

Inves­ti­ga­tors from the Khorava Street murder case faced ques­tion­ing from MPs on Monday, into alleged failures by the inves­ti­ga­tion. A par­lia­men­tary com­mis­sion was set up in the wake of large street protests in Tbilisi, which followed the partial acquittal of the suspects in the case and alle­ga­tions the inves­ti­ga­tion was mis­han­dled. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: children, children's rights, crime, Davit Saralidze, education, georgia, Irakli Shotadze, khorava street murder, Levan Dadunashvili, Malkhaz Machalikashvili, murder, pankisi, police, protest, Saralidze, school, SSG, state security service, tbilisi, temirlan machalikashvili, terrorism, Zaza Saralidze

UNM officially joins anti-government protests in Tbilisi

3 June 2018 by OC Media

UNM MP Nika Melia (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

The oppo­si­tion United National Movement Party (UNM), as well as two other minor parties, has announced they are offi­cial­ly joining anti-gov­ern­ment protests currently taking place in Tbilisi. UNM MP Nika Melia addressed crowds gathered outside par­lia­ment after meeting with protest leaders and said the protests would resume on Sunday at 18:00 where they will announce a plan for how to continue [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: children, children's rights, crime, Davit Saralidze, education, georgia, Irakli Shotadze, Levan Dadunashvili, machalikashvili, murder, Nanuka Zhorzholiani, Nika Melia, police, Saralidze, school, tbilisi, unm, Zaza Saralidze

Georgia’s chief prosecutor resigns amidst mass protests

1 June 2018 by OC Media

Zaza Saralidze (Dato Parulava/OC Media)

Georgia’s chief pros­e­cu­tor, Irakli Shotadze, has resigned, following large protests in Tbilisi. The protests have been sparked by what critics call a ‘com­pro­mised inves­ti­ga­tion’ into the fatal stabbing of two teenagers outside a school in Tbilisi in December. On Thursday, Tbilisi City Court found one teenager guilty of killing Levan Dadunashvili, while another was found guilty of the lesser charge of attempted murder on Davit Saralidze, leaving open the question of who killed him. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: children, children's rights, crime, Davit Saralidze, education, georgia, Irakli Shotadze, Levan Dadunashvili, murder, police, Saralidze, school, tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze

Tbilisi court partially acquits teenagers of fatal school stabbings

31 May 2018 by OC Media

People gathering at the Prosecutor’s Office where the father of murdered teenager Davit Saralidze is holding a demon­stra­tion (Tatia Khaliani /Liberali)

Tbilisi City Court has acquitted two teenagers of the murder of Davit Saralidze, one of the two teenagers killed in a school brawl in December. The court found one of the defendant’s guilty of killing the second victim, Levan Dadunashvili, while the other was found guilty of the attempted murder of Saralidze. The pair are to be sentenced on 1 June. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: children, children's rights, crime, education, georgia, murder, police, school, tbilisi

Thousands protest ‘compromised investigation’ into Tbilisi school stabbings

28 May 2018 by OC Media

(Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

Thousands of pro­test­ers blocked Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue on Sunday demanding a proper inves­ti­ga­tion into last December’s fatal stabbing of two teenagers outside their school. The father of one of the victim’s accused the author­i­ties of tampering with evidence during the inves­ti­ga­tion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: children, children's rights, crime, education, georgia, machalikashvili, murder, Nanuka Zhorzholiani, police, Saralidze, school, tbilisi

‘Democracy came and the baron disappeared’

16 March 2018 by Gita Elibekyan

Jumber Alimov (Gita Elibekyan /OC Media)

Georgia’s Roma people have gradually withdrawn from a number of their tra­di­tions, rejecting the baron, his­tor­i­cal­ly the strongest figure in the camp. While many Roma people have hailed the changes, there is also some concern over the community’s future. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Minorities, Top Tagged With: baron, children, gachiani, georgia, pentecostal church, Pentecostals, roma, roma people, traditions

Children with disabilities are being left behind in Azerbaijan’s frontline villages

27 February 2018 by Seymur Kazimov

A school in the Tartar District (Seymur Kazimov /OC Media)

Children with dis­abil­i­ties in Azer­bai­jan do not always have the chance to benefit from their right to an education. Special education facil­i­ties are not available in most regions of the country — and this is no exception in the villages along the frontline.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Society Tagged With: ağdam, aghdam, Azerbaijan, children, disability, homeschooling, school, special education, tartar, terter, tərtər

‘Begging is also work’: street children in Armenia

23 February 2018 by Armine Avetisyan

(Armine Avetisyan /OC Media)

In the streets of Yerevan, children begging for money is not an uncommon sight. While parents can face time in prison for child neglect, many join their children in the streets, finding an income any way they can.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: Armenia, begging, children, street children

Might makes right — bullying in Azerbaijan’s schools

12 February 2018 by Vafa Zeynalova

(Sheki-ih.gov.az)

In the Internet age, dis­cus­sions of bullying are becoming more global. In Azer­bai­jan, such dis­cus­sions shed light on attitudes in the country towards violence, mas­culin­i­ty, and honour. The toughest lessons in these are often forced on children on the school grounds, and can lead to lasting trauma. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Society Tagged With: Azerbaijan, bullying, children, children's rights, education, gender, pupils, school, violence

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