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Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

fathers for truth

Court rules in favour of Georgian security service over teen’s death in Pankisi

by OC Media

•3 min read

Tbilisi City Court has ruled that the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) did not violate the presumption of innocence of 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was fatally shot in late 2017 during an anti-terror sweep in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley. Machalikashvili’s family, represented by local rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC), argued that public statements made by the SSG in December 2017 and January 2018 portrayed Machalikashvili as having been confi

Georgia

Family demand parliamentary commission one year after teen killed in Georgia’s Pankisi

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Family of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was shot dead by Georgian security forces last December, have held a silent rally in front of Tbilisi’s parliament building demanding parliament look into the teenager’s death. The family and their supporters gathered on 26 December demanding a parliamentary investigatory commission be set up. Nineteen-year-old Machalikashvili, an ethnic Kist from Georgia’s Pankisi Valley, was shot in the head while in bed on 26 December 2017 as Georgian securit

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia marked on 17 May 2017 (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

Domestic Violence

Queer people in Georgia ‘completely defenceless’ against domestic violence

by OC Media

•3 min read

Queer people in Georgia are ‘completely defenceless’ against domestic violence, a recent study conducted by Georgian rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) has found. The study said this frequently results in victims being forced to leave their homes and impacts their education and careers, contributing to homelessness. The study, called ‘Domestic violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity’ published on 13 December analysed the nature of domestic v

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Backlash against zero-hour contracts at Georgian Public Broadcaster

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) has announced plans to move a large number of their staff to zero-hour contracts. As employees protested the decision, local rights groups have called for parliament to step in. On 9 September, rights groups the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) put out a joint statement criticising the GPB’s plans. According to them, the new contracts would be ‘especially damaging’ to journalists at the

Georgia

Workers on Georgia’s east-west motorway go on strike

by OC Media

•3 min read

Around 80 labourers working on upgrading Georgia’s main east-west motorway have been on strike since last Sunday, demanding improvements to their working conditions. Workers on the Upper Osiauri–Chumaleti section of the road, near Khashuri, are awaiting a response to their demands from construction company SinoHydro. According to a statement on Monday from rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC), ‘most of the workers do not have a copy of their own contract’, are