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Georgia’s Rustavi 2 TV transferred to previous owner after ECHR ruling

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(Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

Ownership of pro-oppo­si­tion Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 has been trans­ferred to busi­ness­man Kibar Khalvashi, a previous owner, after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The court ruled that the previous owners’ right to a fair trial was not violated when Georgia’s Supreme Court ordered that ownership should be trans­ferred. [Read more…]

Georgian Dream MPs warn of ‘civil war’ if Vashadze elected

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Pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates Salome Zura­bishvili and Grigol Vashadze casting their ballots (Mari Nikuradze, Facebook)

Georgia’s political scene is heating up as the country braces for a pres­i­den­tial run-off election. After Georgian Dream–endorsed Salome Zura­bishvili failed to win a majority in the first round, members of the ruling party warned of ‘violence’ or a  ‘civil war’ if the opposition’s Grigol Vashadze comes out on top. [Read more…]

Georgia sentences Saakashvili to 6 years in prison in absentia

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Mikheil Saakashvili (1tv.ge)

Tbilisi City Court sentenced former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to eight years in prison in absentia on Thursday, commuted to six years due to a 2012 amnesty, for ordering the attack on busi­ness­man and oppo­si­tion MP Valeri Gelashvili in 2005. Saakashvili was found guilty on two counts: exceeding his official author­i­ties with the appli­ca­tion of violence and arms, and organ­is­ing inten­tion­al damage that afflicted grave bodily harm dangerous to one’s life, irre­versibly altering one’s face. The Court also banned him from public office for two years and three months. [Read more…]

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