On September 8, 2014, The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) requested access to information from Tbilisi City Hall on individuals dismissed from the city hall’s various departments from August 1, 2014 through September ...
The public has recently been witness to a conflict between two branches of the government. This conflict is undermining the Constitution and preventing the President from fulfilling his role as it is defined therein. Moreover, it illustrates th ...
With this statement we react to reports of recent illegal dismissals of public servants from Tbilisi City Hall and pressure to force them leave their jobs. As they have themselves reported, since early August 2014, together with other employee ...
Recent media reports of murders and crimes have caused great public concern, suggesting that the crime rate is on the rise. Responses provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to questions posed by the media and public ab ...
Today is the 6th anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war in 2008, one of the most tragic events in the recent history of Georgia. We honor the memory of the soldiers who defended their country’s independence at the cost of their lives. S ...
We would like to respond to the decision by the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office to bring criminal charges against the former president of Georgia and other high-ranking officials. We would like to state unambiguously that every person ...
ISFED believes that the second round of local self-government elections set an important precedent in the electoral history of Georgia. The necessity of the second round in these elections proved that a competitive electoral environment is forming ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is monitoring the second round of the local self-government elections on July 12, 2014 in 28 electoral districts around Georgia. ISFED’s observation mission consists of appr ...