Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police ‘lock down’ city amidst reports of mass arrests and beatings
Police have reportedly arrested over 100 people after a protest erupted after a car accident killed three children and injured another.
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Azerbaijan
Protests erupt in Azerbaijani village after police car fatally hits 2 children
A police car has hit four schoolchildren in Yalavaj, killing two.
Abkhazia
Abkhazians block prime minister’s convoy to demand road repairs
Residents of a village in Abkhazia have blocked the Prime Minister’s convoy in protest against a long-running lack of repairs to the village’s main road. On Monday, residents of the coastal village of Shitskuara blocked Alexander Ankvab’s car as it travelled along the nearby highway between Gudauta and the capital Sukhumi (Sukhum). Having blocked his vehicle residents listed their complaints and demands regarding unfulfilled promises to repair the costal road leading to Shitskuara. Whi
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Practical or destructive: controversy surrounds new mountain road in Georgia
The Georgian government has an ambitious plan to construct a road connecting the mountainous regions of northeast Georgia, from Khevsureti to Tusheti. It’s stated goal — to develop tourism and help locals travel between difficult-to-reach areas. But many, both locals and others, are against the project. They say it will wreck the environment, damaging the region’s unique natural appeal, and taking with it their hopes of developing ecotourism. A group of activists, locals and ordinary
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A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding
A new road to Tskordza has left local residents far from happy. They worry that with no drainage system, the road will exacerbate flooding in the village. The local government, however, has dismissed their fears as groundless. Venera Sudadze’s house in Tskordza, in southwest Georgia’s Akhaltsikhe Municipality, is flooded every time there is heavy rain. Her house is close to the entrance to the village, at the bottom of the road. Water first floods her garden, and then the rooms in the house
Abkhazia
Abkhazia’s roads: deadlier than a warzone
With between 60–80 road deaths recorded every year, Abkhazia has one of the highest traffic-related mortality rates in the world. Repeated government promises year on year to tackle the problem have come to nothing, and the death toll continues to rise. Drunk driving; speeding; reckless driving, especially while overtaking — these are the main reasons for the appalling number of deaths on Abkhazia’s roads. Ministers of internal affairs come and go every year in Abkhazia, each offering
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Georgia’s deadly roads
On 22 March, in Tbilisi, a mother and a daughter standing on the side of the road were hit by a car. The 11-year-old girl died on the spot, while her mother was taken to hospital in critical condition. The police have launched an investigation for ‘violation of the rules of traffic safety leading to loss of human life’, which is punishable by imprisonment of 4–7 years. According to witnesses, the mother and daughter were standing at a bus stop when the car swerved off the road, hitting f
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