Palestinian officials have shown television cameras the mangled wreckage that they say is all that remains of a car targeted by an Israeli airstrike. A spokesperson in the Gaza Strip says the night-time attack in Rafah killed two men in charge of supervising tunnels leading into nearby Egypt. A...
Officials in Turkey have confirmed that rebels in Syria have seized control of another border crossing between the two countries. Fierce fighting began in Tel-Abyad on Tuesday night. Amateur video appears to to show fighters sheltering from and returning gunfire from behind a wall. It is...
Philip Dimitrov, EU Ambassador to Georgia has commented on the fact of torture and violence against inmates in Gldani # 8 Prison. Dimitrov said that the released video material confirms that "something appalling was taking place in the Georgian prison." "It is natural that people...
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II made a special statement regarding the facts of prisoners' torture in Gldani # 8 Prison today. Ilia II has called on the government to establish a special commission, which will be in charge of investigating the torture facts...
We share the shock and revulsion of all Georgians at the terrible acts reflected in the images that came to light yesterday. We note the Government has launched an investigation into this matter. As the Public Defender has noted in his own reporting and we have noted in our annual human rights reports,...
Sergi Kapanadze, Georgia's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister left for Vienna, Austria, to take part in the sitting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE sitting will consider restoration of the organization's observation mission in Georgia. Kapanadze...
Giorgi Tughushi, Georgia's Public Defender released a special statement regarding the facts of prisoners` torture in the Gldani # 8 prison. Public Defender named all persons, who were shown in the videos depicting the crime and demands beginning of investigation and punishment of the persons involved. `Georgia`s...
Georgian emigrants held a protest at "Dedaena" (Mother Tongue) Monument in Tbilisi. Demonstrators claimed that they were deprived the ability to participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections to be held on October 1 in Georgia. Bidzina Ivanishvili, Leader of "Georgian Dream"...
Representatives of the parliamentary ruling United National Movement (UNM) Party continue carrying out of pre-election campaign. Majoritarian (single mandate) MP Candidates of the party introduced the party's election program to residents of seaside Batumi city of Adjara region and named resolution...
Rallies were held in regions of Georgia to protest over the violent attitude against prisoners as revealed in the Gldani #8 Prison in Tbilisi. Protests were held in Batumi, Poti, Zugdidi, Kutaisi and Telavi cities. Demonstrators called on the authorities for adequate reaction. Irakli Alasania,...
ABC OTUS News SALT LAKE CITY - Seeking to shift the attention away from a leaked video from a private fundraiser in which he said he doesn't have to worry about 47 percent of non-income tax paying Americans, Mitt Romney today sought to draw attention to a 1998 audio clip in which President Obama...
Representatives of Office of Georgia's Public Defender arrived at Gldani # 8 Prison and became introduced with the existing situation. They also visited Inmate Tamaz Tamazashvili, who claimed that no violence was carried out against him. Giorgi Tughushi, Georgia's Public Defender said...
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili made an emergency statement regarding violent attitude towards prisoners in the Gldani #8 Prison. Saakashvili called the fact shocking. He said that all those people, who committed the inhuman crime, would be punished, and those public officials, who...
Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Georgia's Minister of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance has resigned from position. The Minister made the statement and applied with the resignation application to Prime Minister. The resignation is connected to the violent attitude towards prisoners in the...
Hundreds of Palestinians have clashed with Israeli border guards in yet more protests over an anti-Islam film. As the demonstrators approached the crossing that links east and west Jerusalem they were confronted by Israeli security. Around 200 youths threw stones and firebombs police responded...
