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INTIMIDATION AGAINST MEMBER OF YOUTH WING OF UNM ZURAB KUCHASHVILI IN LANCHKHUTI

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Lanchkhuti , Lanchkhuti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-06-17 According to a representative of the youth organization of the United National Movement, Zurab Kuchashvili, he was taking photos at the assembly of the coalition Georgian Dream, when one of the women there asked him about the reason for taking the photos and threatened to destroy his camera. Later Kuchashvili’s mother was visited by a woman, warning her that if her son did not give up his work, he would “face problems”....

THREATENING AGAINST ACTIVIST OF COALITION GEORGIAN DREAM IVERI NERGADZE IN BAGHDATI

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Baghdati , Baghdati
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-07-09 On July 9, 2012, activist of the Georgian Dream Iveri Nergadze and his father Merab Nergadze were summoned to the bureau of MP Temur Kokhodze. Iveri Nergadze informed ISFED’s LTO that the MP suggested him to leave the Georgian Dream; otherwise, his brother and sister-in-law, who worked at Tegeta Motors Ltd., would be dismissed from work. In an interview with ISFED’s LTO on July 24, Iveri Nergadze stated that his brother and sister-in-law had in fact been dismissed from work. However,...

THREATENING FROM GOVERNOR OF TSUTSKHVATI JEMAL OBOLADZE AGAINST SUPPORTER OF GEORGIAN DREAM TEMUR KUPRASHVILI

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Tkibuli , Tsutskhvati
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening, Hindering carrying a campaign, Misuse of administrative resources, Participation of public servants

2012-07-14 On July 14, 2012, supporter of the coalition Georgian Dream Temur Kuprashvili received a phone call from Jemal Oboladze, a trustee of Tsutskhvati Community and addressed him with abusive words. Later Kuprashvili and Oboladze met and their meeting ended with abusive words from the trustee. According to members of the coalition Georgian Dream, the incident has to do with the fact that Temur Kuprashvili was facilitating meeting of representatives of the coalition with youth in Tsutskhv...

THREATENING FROM POLICE OFFICER AGAINST REGISTERS OF COALITION GEORGIAN DREAM IN AKHMETA

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Akhmeta , Akhmeta
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-06-25 On June 25, 2012, at Omalo District N24, police officer Zurab Pareulidze forced registrars of the coalition Georgian Dream – Marina Gaurgashvili and Nana Tsikhesashvili out of a house and warned his fellow villagers that everyone who cooperated with them would lose their welfare assistance....

THREATENING AGAINST REGISTERS OF COALITION GEORGIAN DREAM MARIAM KHOSIASHVILI AND TEONA UMTSROSASHVILI IN AKHMETA

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Akhmeta , Akhmeta
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-06 According to Otar Kvirikashvili, representative of the coalition Georgian Dream, in the process of verification of voters’ list through the door-to-door campaign, registrars are pressured. On July 6, 2012, during verification of voters’ list at 1 Zhaluri District in Akhmeta, registrars Mariam Khosiashvili and Teona Umtsrsashvili were verbally abused by Temur Ertgulashvili, deputy head of Akhmeta Greenery Ltd and interfered with their work....

THREATENING AGAINST ACTIVIST OF FREE GEORGIA MELANIA BERIASHVILI IN TELAVI

Date: 2012-08-21
District: Telavi , Telavi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Threatening

2012-07-04 In early July 2012, Melania Beriashvili, an activist of the party Free Georgia was collecting voter signatures in Telavi for the purpose of electoral registration. On July 4, 2012, Melania Beriashvili, who lives at Alazani Avenue with her two children, was visited by a district officer of Telavi Police, Badur Revazishvili, asking her why she was collecting the signatures, how much the party paid for her work and what was her relation with the party. Melania Beriashvili informed IS...

ISSUE OF REGISTRATION OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE MR. GIORGI GLUNCHADZE

Date: 2012-08-16
District: Kharagauli
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-08-25 On August 16, 2012 the official website of CEC published announcement of Kharagauli DEC #48, that registration of independent candidate Mr. Giorgi Glunchadze had been stopped for uncertain terms. Reason of the mentioned fact withdrawal of documentation necessary for registration. GYLA applied to Kharagauli DEC via media sources to claim the documents back, and required return of the documents from the relevant administrative bodies. GYLA had informed the intergovernmental commission ...

THREATENING AND DISMISSAL OF MANUCHAR KUCHULORIA, POTI COAST GUARD OFFICER

Date: 2012-08-13
District: Poti , Poti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work, Threatening, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-08-13 I, Manuchar Kuchuloria, have been serving in Coast Guard Department in Poti for eight years. Last months I have been under pressure for political reasons. My father, Vakhtang Kuchuloria, is Chairman of National Forum Tsalenjikha office and Leader of local Georgian Dream organization. About 2 months ago Malkhaz Ghurtskaia - Head of Constitutional Security Department (CSD) in Tsalenjikha, demanded my father to join UNM. After my refusal Beka Babukhardia - Head of Poti Coast Guard Inves...

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DISMISSAL OF GEORGIAN DREAM MEMBER, VANO NATSARASHVILI, FROM SECURITY SERVICE IN GURJAANI

Date: 2012-08-13
District: Gurjaani , Gurjaani
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2012-08-13 On May 30 2012, Coalition Georgian Dream member, Vano Natsarashvili, was dismissed from the security service in Gurjaani. He was working in the “United Security” service from April 2012 and was appointed in Gurjaani Medical Center. Vano Natsarashvili told an ISFED long-term observer that 3 weeks prior to dismissal, security and police officers demanded that he leave Coalition Georgian Dream. If he refused, they threatened that he would lose his job. At the same time, two other employe...

DETENTION OF GEORGIAN DREAM ACTIVIST, GIORGI CHINCHARAULI, IN GAMARJVEBA

Date: 2012-08-13
District: Dedoplistskaro , Gamarjveba
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

2012-08-13 On August 6 2012, Giorgi Chincharauli, resident of Gamarjveba village and activist of Coalition Georgian Dream, was arrested in Dedoplistskaro. He told an ISFED long-term observer that he came to Dedoplistskaro for his business when he was approached by law enforcement officers who took him to Sighnaghi Isolator for no apparent reason. As Giorgi Chincharauli said, he was not told why he was arrested and he was denied the right to a phone call. A few hours later, Giorgi Chincharauli w...

FACT OF ILLEGAL FINE OF IVANISHVILI AND KALADZE

Date: 2012-08-12
District: Tbilisi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-08-16 GYLA has studied illegal decisions of August 10 and 11 of Tbilisi city court about fining of leaders of political coalition "Georgian Dream" Mr. Ivanishvili and Mr. Kaldze and confirmation of sequestration of real and movable property of Mr. Kaladze. According to the decision of court the amount of fine imposed to Mr. Kaladze had been determined in amount of 16 944 960 GEL, and fine imposed to Mr. Ivanishvili had been determined in amount of 20 243 827,5 GEL. [url]ht...

THREAT AGAINST MR. ELGUJA TABORIDZE AND HIS FAMILY

Date: 2012-08-08
District: Kaspi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-09-03 On August 8 2012, chief of Kaspi police Mr. Malkhaz Barnovi came to Mr. Elguja Taboridze, who was in agrarian market of Kaspi with his son. Mr. Barnovi had threatened MR. Taboridze, that he would lose his house if his son won't leave his political activity. Son of Mr. Elguja Taboridze lives and works in Brussels. He has been an activist of political coalition "Georgian Dream" since 2012. On July 15, 2012 Mr. Levan Taboridze made announcement on TV9 about his support to ...

DISMISSAL OF TAMAR KAIKATSISHVILI FROM KOBULETI PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE

Date: 2012-08-08
District: Kobuleti , Kobuleti
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2012-08-08 On June 19 2012, Director of Kobuleti Public College (under control of Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia), Mr. Mchedlishvili, has dismissed his deputy director Tamar Kaikatsishvili. On June 6, he asked Mrs. Tamar to write a statement declaring that she was leaving work for personal reasons. Mrs. Kaikatsishvili asked to be given time until the end of the exam period, but she was refused. Mr. Mchedlishvili said he has received dismissal directions from the Ministry of Educati...

PHYSICAL ATTACK ON MEMBERS OF THE COALITION GEORGIAN DREAM YOUTH WING IN TIKERI VILLAGE

Date: 2012-08-07
District: Kobuleti , Tikeri
Incident Category: Intimidation, Physical attack, Hindering carrying a campaign

2012-08-02 On August 2, 2012, in second half of the day, activists of the coalition Georgian Dream Salome Beridze, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Meri Totogashvili and Vazha Tsetskhladze were distributing newspapers of the coalition Georgian Dream and invitation cards for attending an assembly scheduled to be held in Batumi on August 5. Dwellers of Tsetskhlauri Village started throwing rocks at them, damaging their cell-phones and a car which they drove....

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INCIDENT AMONG MEMBERS OF YOUTH WING OF COALITION GEORGIAN DREAM IN SHUAKHEVI

Date: 2012-08-07
District: Shuakhevi , Shuakhevi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Political arrest

2012-08-05 Giorgi Khurtsidze was arrested the following day, on August 5 in Batumi. The very same day member of the youth group Giorgi Oboladze was also detained in Tkibuli, Dato Kublashvili – in Tbilisi. According to the detainees’ lawyer, Irakli Shavadze, all three of them were questioned as witnesses in relation to a case involving theft and illegal deprivation of liberty, and released soon after the questioning....

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INTERROGATION OF ACTIVISTS OF POLITICAL COALITION "GEORGIAN DREAM" MR. DAVID KUBLASHVILI, MR. GIORGI OBOLADZE AND MR. GIORGI KHURTSIDZE IN SHUAKHEVI POLICE STATION

Date: 2012-08-05
District: Shuakhevi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Intimidation from the law enforcement forces

2012-09-03 Several activists of political coalition "Georgian Dream" in bounds of information campaign about demonstration, which was planned on August 5 had visited Shuakhevi municipality. Before they entered Adjara another activists of the same coalition, Mr. Irakli doborjginidze had joined them in Lanchkhuti. According to elucidation of the activists, they suspicion about Irakli Doborjginidze, that he was cooperating with law enforcing organs. Suspicion had grown stronger after they...

DISMISSAL OF GIORGI MCHEDLISHVILI MEMBER OF GEORGIAN DREAM LAGODEKHI DISTRICT OFFICE

Date: 2012-07-30
District: Lagodekhi , Lagodekhi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2012-07-30 On July 3, 2012, a member of coalition Georgian Dream Lagodekhi district office, George Mchedlishvili, was dismissed from work. He was a driver for Bank "Constanta". George Mchedlishvili connects the dismissal with his political activities. More specifically, the Coalition interviewers were checking the voters list door-to-door in Lagodekhi municipality, when the governor of the territorial unit for village Kabali Jemal Niyazov demanded that they stopped working, as he cons...

DISMISSAL OF BESARION KHATIASHVILI CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICAN PARTY IN SIGHNAGHI (RESTORED TO THE SAME POSITION)

Date: 2012-07-30
District: Sighnaghi , Sighnaghi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Dismissal from work

2012-07-30 On July 2, 2012 Chairman of Republican Party, Besarion Khatiashvili, was dismissed from work and was given an order of dismissal on July 13. He worked as a teacher/boxing trainer in the School of fine arts and sports in Sighnaghi Municipality. The order of dismissal was dated on July 2, 2012, which highlighted paragraph B in article 37 of the “Labor Code” as the reason for termination. This paragraph relates to termination being brought about upon the expiration of a labor contract. ...

DISRUPTING A MEETING WITH THE ELECTORATE IN MESTIA

Date: 2012-07-27
District: Mestia
Incident Category: Intimidation, Hindering carrying a campaign

2012-07-27 In Mestia, supports of the ruling party came to the meeting of the Georgian Dream and its leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, with the locals. They shouted ‘Misha, Misha’ and whistled....

ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CITIZEN DURING MEETING WITH PRESIDENT

Date: 2012-07-24
District: Zugdidi
Incident Category: Intimidation, Other intimidation

2012-08-02 On July 24, 2012 President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has been meeting with population of village Tsaishi, in Zugdidi municipality. Citizen Ms. Roza Tskabelia wanted to tell president about her problems, but she didn't have an opportunity to do this as far as representatives of local government, governor himself and police officers conducted act of violence against her. GYLA applied to law enforcing organs for investigation of mentioned fact. [youtube]YHf1Zva12ug[/youtube]...