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1 March 2008

Volodymyr Soboliev •

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1 March 2008

(Test) Abkhazians follow Georgia’s elections closely, but quietly

Volodymyr Soboliev

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Behind closed doors, Abkhazians are watching the results of the Georgian parliamentary elections and analysing the allegations of irregularities. Opinions are divided on what the current electoral impasse — and a possible rapprochement with Russia — could mean for Abkhazia. As the fallout of Georgia’s parliamentary elections and subsequent allegations of widespread fraud continue, a different picture is emerging in Abkhazia. Ahead of the election, authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia clos

1 March 2008

(Test) Editorial | Georgia’s rigged election

Volodymyr Soboliev

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Georgia’s parliamentary elections were neither free nor fair, and with overwhelming evidence that the vote was rigged, the elections, and the incoming government, cannot be considered legitimate. When Georgians went to the polls on 26 October to elect a new parliament, they did so in an environment of fear mongering and intimidation, and one with a myriad of new repressive laws in place. The ruling party centred its campaign on their claim that an opposition victory would mean war with Russia

1 March 2008

(Test) Georgian Dream accused of omitting Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia map

Volodymyr Soboliev

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5039233e 5269 4986 b653 0447fab4eead0:00/2:271× Georgian Dream has been accused of displaying a map of Georgia excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They have since argued that the regions were outlined in grey, rendering them barely visible to cameras. The map was part of a presentation given by Parliamentary Speaker Shalva Papuashvili about his party’s deployment of specially appointed delegates to electoral districts throughout Georgia, in an apparent attempt to counter allegations of using

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1 March 2008

(Test) Azerbaijani NIDA activist detained for disobeying police

Volodymyr Soboliev

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A member of the Azerbaijani pro-democracy group, NIDA, has been imprisoned for 30 days on charges of hooliganism and disobeying the police in Baku. Mete Turksoy was arrested on 30 October at the Ganjlik Metro Station in Baku following a dispute with police officers who asked to search his bag. He was charged with petty hooliganism and disobeying the police and was sentenced to 30 days of administrative detention the following day. Araz Aliyev, a member of NIDA, told OC Media that Turksoy resi