On August 31, 2015 the Georgian Dream coalition announced that no fundamental changes to the electoral system were being planned prior to the 2016 parliamentary elections. Instead, the government plans to introduce two changes. Firstly, a new ...
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) issues this statement in response to the proposal of the coalition Georgian Dream about reforming the existing election system. ISFED thinks that proposed reform fails to address a numb ...
On August 29, 2015, Imedi TV announced about suspension of its political talk shows. As a result, two popular weekly programs - Imedi’s Week and Reaction are now temporarily off the air. International Society for Fair ...
ISFED issues this statement in response to selection of members of the High Election Commission of Adjara in July 2015. We believe that candidates were selected on the basis of their political affiliation. As a member of the Commission, ISFED ...
On August 11, upon request of Rustavi 2’s former owner Kibar Khalvashi and his company Panorama LLC, Tbilisi City Court ordered freeze on the assets of TV company Rustavi 2 and restricted some of the functions of its director and stakeholders. ...
The European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) strongly condemns the intimidation of leaders of Russian election observer organization - Golos, member of ENEMO. On July 7, 2015 the law enforcement author ...
ISFED interviewed individuals left homeless in the aftermath of the June 13-14 natural disaster in Tbilisi and assessed effectiveness of assistance provided to them by the state. ISFED was able to interview 33 families only, because informa ...
On 10 July 2015, near the village of Orchosani and the territory of Tsitelubani-Khurvaleti, Russian occupation forces advanced the border of South Ossetia by several hundred meters into Georgian-controlled territory, which is an ...