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DETENTION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIAN DREAM FOR VOTE BUYING IN KUTAISI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Kutaisi , Kutaisi
Incident Category: Vote buying, Delivery of money/gifts/services from a political party

2012-07-13 On June 5, 2012, representatives of the coalition Georgian Dream Giorgi Ambroladze, Misha Meskhi and Mikheil Amashukeli were distributing fliers, telling the population to write their wishes and dreams within worth no more than GEL 1000 and that they would receive the home appliances that they wished for. On June 6 these individuals were detained on charges of vote-buying as envisaged by the Criminal Code and sentenced to two-months of pre-trial imprisonment....

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LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST POPULATION IN DIRBI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Qareli , Dirbi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack, Hindering carrying a campaign, Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants

2012-07-13 On June 26, 2012, citizens of the village of Dirbi, Kareli District, who were meeting leaders of the coalition Georgian Dream, were opposed by representatives of municipal authorities and their family from Kareli, Agara, Ruisi, Kekhijvari and Aradeti villages. Trustee of Kareli territorial agency Akaki Dolishvili, employee of Gamgeoba Levan Mchedlidze, employee of military conscription agency Alika Kvelashvili, Governor of the village of Derbi Hamlet Davrashelidze and representative o...

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PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON ACTIVIST OF FREE GEORGIA ARTEM OVSEPHIAN IN SABATLO

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Dedoplistskaro , Sabatlo
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack

2012-07-13 On June 13, 2012, in the village of Sabatlo, activist of the coalition Georgian Dream Artiom Ovsepian was physically assaulted by unknown individuals when he was working in a watermelon orchid. Artiom Ovsepian’s mother alleges that the incident had to do with her son’s political activities and notes that a week ago, when he was distributing newspapers published by Free Georgia in the village of Sabatlo, he was warned by village governor Davit Gundadze to abandon the opposition or he w...

PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON MEMBER OF GEORGIAN DREAM GIVI PAATASHVILI IN TELAVI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Telavi , Telavi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces, Physical attack

2012-07-13 On June 25, 2012, member of the coalition Georgian Dream, Givi Paatashvili, who also works as a cab driver in Telavi, was stopped by two individuals who asked him to take them to the university. They had Paatashvili stop the car in an uninhabited place and started fighting with him, asking him how many times they had to warn him to leave the coalition Georgian Dream. The unknown men identified themselves as officers of the Constitutional Security Department....

INTIMIDATION FROM POLICE AGAINST MEMBER OF GEORGIAN DREAM, DAVIT SHENGELIA IN SENAKI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Senaki , Senaki
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-07-13 On June 17, 2012, member of the coalition Georgian Dream’s staff, Davit Shengelaia, was pulled over by the police whilst driving in his own car together with the coalition activists from Senaki to Ozurgeti. The policeman exlained to Davit Shengelaia that since he had failed to pay a previous fine for not wearing a seatbelt, they were going to impound his car. Even though Shengelaia immediately presented the receipt of payment, the car was towed by the policeman who additionally failed...

INTIMIDATION FROM POLICE AGAINST MEMBERS OF GEORGIAN DREAM IN LAGODEKHI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Lagodekhi , Lagodekhi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

2012-07-13 On June 29, 2012, at 8 am, the following members of the coalition Georgian Dream’s district organization in Lagodekhi were visited by unidentified individuals in their homes and taken away: Gogita Kevlishili, Slava Metreveli and Giorgi Jajanidze. Later, Nutsa Papava, the leader of the coalition Georgian Dream’s district organization in Lagodekhi and other members of the organization found out that Kevlishvili, Jajanidze and Metreveli had been taken to the local drug testing center in ...

INCIDENT IN VILLAGE DOESI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Kaspi , Doesi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest, Hindering carrying a campaign

2012-07-13 On June 23, 2012, citizens of the village Doesi assembled in the center of the village, requesting improvement of irrigation water supply. Suddenly they were approached by 5-6 young men that included the nephew of the village governor Giorgi Khorbaladze along with his peers who started telling the assembly participants that they had been “subordinated by Putin”. It was followed by a clash between them and the agitated participants. Khatuna Tatanashvili of Doesi, head of the district o...

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POLITICAL ARREST OF GEORGIAN DREAM ACTIVISTS AFTER INCIDENT IN MERETI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Mereti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest, Physical attack

2012-07-13 On June 26, 2012, representatives of the coalition Georgian Dream were holding a meeting together with Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Alasania in the village of Mereti, which was attended by supporters and opponents of the coalition. The meeting was followed by a clash that resulted in seven representatives of the coalition Georgian Dream sustaining bodily injuries. Two of them checked in at Gori Hospital with grave bodily injuries. Following the incident, on June 27, 2012, Gori Distr...

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FINING OF AN ACTIVIST OF GEORGIAN DREAM DIMITRI KHUMARASHVILI IN DEDOPLISTSKARO

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Dedoplistskaro , Dedoplistskaro
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-07-13 On June 10, 2012, supporter of the coalition Georgian Dream, Dimitri Khumarashvili, was driving with his family from the village Kvemo Keta to Dedoplistskaro when he was pulled over by the police. His car was towed to an impound lot in Telavi. Leader of the local office of the Georgian Dream, Nukri Khutsishvili and Dimitry Khumarashvili, believe that it had to do with the fact that Khumarashvili attended an assembly held by the coalition Georgian Dream in Kutaisi on May 2, 2012....

POLITICAL ARREST OF A GEORGIAN DREAM ACTIVIST GIA POPIASHVILI IN GAMARJVEBA

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Dedoplistskaro , Gamarjveba
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

2012-07-13 On June 10, 2012, law enforcement officers detained activist of the Georgian Dream, Gia Popiashvili, of the village of Gamarjveba. It is noteworthy that Gia Popiashvili provided transportation for supporters of the coalition Georgian Dream with a minibus for the meeting held by the coalition with local citizens on May 27 and June 2 in Dedoplistskaro. Trial was scheduled immediately after Popiashvili’s detention. The court sentenced him to 10 days of imprisonment and his vehicle was se...

ROBBERY OF THE GEORGIAN DREAM OFFICE IN GORI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Gori
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-13 On June 10, 2012, office of the coalition Georgian Dream was robbed. According to its employees, various documents and two working computers were taken. According to the head of office, Tamaz Shioshvili, the office was robbed at 6:00 am....

INTIMIDATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES AGAINST REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIAN DREAM IN TSKALTUBO

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Tskaltubo , Tskaltubo
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-07-13 On June 7, 2012, four members of the coalition Georgian Dream – Maia Shalamberidze, Kakha Kutateladze, Ani Dolaberidze and Levan Nemsitsveridze were summoned to the police department by its investigator. Representatives of the coalition Georgian Dream informed ISFED’s LTO that on June 7 they received a phone call in their office informing them that if they failed to willingly appear, they would be forcibly taken to the police. According to the individuals summoned at the police statio...

THREATENING AGAINST POPULATION OF VILLAGE ODISHI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Zugdidi , Odishi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-13 A member of the coalition Georgian Dream, Gurgen Sartania informed ISFED’s LTO that Juli Kaldani, UNM’s activist in the village of Odishi, as well as employees of Odishi Kindergarten (Khatuna Antia and Marina Darsania) were threatening any citizens of Odishi planning to attend the meeting organized by the coalition Georgian dream. They informed the Odishi citizens that those who ignored the order would be noted down on a list that would be handed to the police....

THREATENING AGAINST PAATA TORDIA VIA PHONE CALLS IN ZUGDIDI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Zugdidi , Zugdidi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-13 Representatives of the coalition Georgian Dream’s office in Zugdidi informed ISFED’s LTOs that one of the members of the political union Free Democrats, Paata Tordia receives systematic phone calls threatening to detain him and members of his family....

VERBAL ABUSE AGAINST DRIVER OF TV-9 ELGUJA OBOLADZE IN TKIBULI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Tkibuli , Tkibuli
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-13 According to Elguja Oboladze, on June 8, 2012, when he was getting ready to transport a reporter of TV-9, he was approached by Kakha Vakhtangidze and harassed by him both verbally and physically. Oboladze says that Vakhtangadze was encouraging anti-Georgian Dream sentiments among the population but he did not retaliate in response....

INTIMIDATION OF GEORGIAN DREAM REPRESENTATIVE MTVARISA NARAIDZE IN VERKHVEBI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Verkhvebi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-13 According to the registrar of the coalition Georgian Dream’s door-to-door voter-checking in the IDP settlement of Verkhvebi, Mtvarisa Naraidze, she was followed by a white Niva with license plates GTR-565 during voter list checking. As a result, none of the respondents were willing to talk to her....

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THREATENING OF GEORGIAN DREAM REPRESENTATIVES IN KHURVALETI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Khurvaleti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-13 According to registrars of the coalition Georgian Dream, Tariel Midelashvili and Maia Midelashvili, who were verifying voters’ list in the IDP settlement in Khurvaleti, at the entrance of the settlement where there is a police checkpoint, they were stopped and their badges taken. According to the registrars, they were able to register seven families peacefully but after that they were approached by five young men, telling them to stop verifying; otherwise, they said they would beat th...

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INTIMIDATION OF GEORGIAN DREAM REPRESENTATIVES IN SKRA

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Skra
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-13 According to one of the coalition Georgian Dream’s registrars, Mzia Mamulashvili, after she had verified three cottages on June 26, 2012, she was approached by the foremen of IDP settlement in Skra, Kakha Kakhniashvili, and told to leave the settlement as the door-to-door checking had already been done there. He said that if they refused to leave, they would face problems. The registrars found 6 women outside who told them to leave the settlement....

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INTIMIDATION OF GEORGIAN DREAM REPRESENTATIVES IN KARALETI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Gori , Karaleti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-13 During the door-to-door checking of voters’ list, a campaign initiated by the coalition Georgian Dream, members of the coalition verifying the list in IDP settlements in Karaleti faced problems. According to one of the registrars, Khatuna Khatashvili, after leaving one of the households, registrars that had verified eight families, found 7-8 women and one man outside, who advised them to leave as they would not allow them to continue their work....

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INTIMIDATING REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAGODEKHI

Date: 2012-07-13
District: Lagodekhi , Leliani
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-13 On June 25, 2012, trustee of a territorial unit of the village Leliani, Nino Kapanadze, demanded that the following interviewers of the Georgian Dream’s door-to-door campaign for checking of voters’ list terminate their activities: Khatuna Koberidze, Lia Jajnidze, Ana Chumburidze and Khatuna Janashvili. Otherwise, she threatened to impose a fine in the amount of GEL 1000. After that, all four interviewers refused to continue checking voters’ list....