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The Statement on the United National Movement Leaving the Inter-Agency Task Force
Hereby, we would like to express our position on the developments during the meeting of the Inter-agency Task Force or Free and Fair Elections (IATF) on October 11, 2013 when the United National Movement made a decision on leaving the commission. As ...
Georgia should not participate in Sochi Olympics – Nino Lomjaria
October 8 – Director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy Nino Lomjaria held a press-conference in the press club of Radio One. During the press-conference she discussed with journalists petition against Georgia’s partic ...
Prime Minister’s attempt to lecture journalists is inappropriate
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili held a meeting today in his private residence with representatives of Georgian TV stations. During the meeting he made several harsh and aggressive remarks towards individual journalists and criticized the ov ...
Statement of NGOs on Photo and Video Shooting in Polling Stations
On September 24, 2-12, several days before the parliamentary elections, the Central Elections Commission adopted a resolution N42/2012 regulating photo and video shooting at election precincts on the polling day. The resolution was appeale ...
Joint statement of non-governmental organizations on investigation of facts of torture in the penitentiary system
One year ago, on 18 September 2012, videos emerged in the media showing torture and the inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in the penitentiary system. These videos clearly demonstrated the severity and scale of human rights vi ...
ISFED’s Statement on Personal Data of Voters Removed from Registration
On September 10, 2013, the State Services Development Agency published on the Internet database that allows voters to receive information about the status of their registration and to familiarize with procedures of renewing registration. This i ...
Tamar Zhvania Appointed as the New Chairperson of the CEC
The CEC has a new chairperson. Zurab Kharatishvili was replaced by Tamar Zhvania by members of the CEC. Voting was finished on September 11 at the CEC and Tamar Zhvania received unanimous support from all six members of the commiss ...