Georgia drops controversial blasphemy law
By Commonspace.eu and Agencies commonspace.eu The sponsor of a controversial law which would have outlawed “insult of religious feelings” in Georgia has withdrawn the bill, [more >>>]
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Georgia’s Public Defender outlines problems on Human Rights Day
By DOMINIK. K. CAGARA Democracy & Freedom Watch TBILISI, DFWatch–On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Public Defender as usual published a brief [more >>>]
New Armenian church opens in Javakheti
By DOMINIK K. CAGARA Democracy and Freedom Watch Javakheti’s Armenian community celebrated the opening of a new church in the village of Didi Aragiali. A [more >>>]
Georgia’s Human Rights Parliamentary Committee Gives Tentative Support to Parliament Quotas for Women
civil.ge Parliamentary committee for human rights gave a go-ahead to formal initiation of a bill, which, if approved, would set mandatory quotas for women to [more >>>]
Language Still an Educational Barrier for Georgia’s Minorities
By TEONA GODERDZISHVILI* Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) University enrolment is up for Armenians and Azerbaijanis, but programmes to teach them Georgian still [more >>>]
What Does ‘Strategic Patience’ Mean in Current Context
civil.ge In 2009 then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Georgia to pursue policy of “strategic patience” in respect of its breakaway regions [more >>>]
Samtskhe-Javakheti teachers to take advanced training in mother tongue
By DIANA YAYLOYAN mediamax.am Yerevan/Mediamax/. Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Tamar Sanikidze held meetings in Samtskhe-Javakheti speaking about the reforms in the Ministry [more >>>]
Moscow not yet ready to tie the knot with South Ossetia despite love-affair
By JOSEPH ALEXANDER SMITH* commonspace.eu Calls by the South Ossetian leadership for total integration with Russia have so far been snubbed by Moscow, but a [more >>>]
Quota system in Georgian universities helps ethnic minorities, but is easy to abuse
By INGA POPOVAITE Democracy and Freedom Watch TBILISI, DFWatch- The possibility to study Georgian intensively for one year and then to continue studies in any [more >>>]
Office of High Commissioner on National Minorities organizes meeting of political parties and minority representatives in Akhalkalaki, Georgia
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Newsroom The office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities organized a meeting for representatives of national minorities and [more >>>]