(Ministry of Defence of Georgia)
The head of the Georgian Parliament’s Defence Committee is set to introduce a bill to scrap exemptions from mandatory military service for religious clerics, with the exception of Georgian Orthodox priests. [Read more…]
Rashad’s photos are displayed in every room. (Seymur Kazimov /OC Media)
While throughout the region there are debates around compulsory military service — how it applies to students or if it should apply at all — in Azerbaijan, a different debate is raging. Many are demanding exemptions for only sons in a family, who continue the family name, while most politicians oppose the move, calling it unpatriotic.
Georgia’s Parliament adopted a bill on 28 June to prevent young men from avoiding mandatory military service in the country. The move is widely seen as a response to the opposition Girchi party’s recent move to establish a ‘religion’ to help young men avoid conscription. [Read more…]
Young recruits taking their oath. Archive (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
Georgia’s ruling party wants to remove mention of mandatory military service from the country’s constitution, according to Speaker of Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze, who spoke briefly about the initiative during a briefing on planned constitutional amendments on 5 June. [Read more…]
Young recruits taking their oath. May 26, 2015 (Mari Nikuradze/ OC Media)
MPs in Georgia have voted in favour of a draft law which could send young men to prison for avoiding military service. The law, which outlines what ‘avoiding conscription’ entails and prescribes punishments for it, was discussed during a joint session of the Defence and Security and Human Rights parliamentary committees on 23 May. [Read more…]
Soldiers standing in front of the memorial on Heroes Square in Tbilisi (Shutterstock)
Georgia’s government is seeking to introduce legislative amendment to prevent young men from avoiding mandatory military service in the country. The move aims to counter opposition party Girchi’s recent move to establish their own ‘religion’ to help young men avoid conscription. [Read more…]
