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Tuesday,
August 21,
2007, #159 (1426)
Village wants
to lynch accused rapist Gelashvili is accused of attempting to rape a resident of the same village, Melano Tortladze. Gelashvili allegedly met Tortladze on a byroad and assaulted her. The girl resisted, and he reportedly beat her badly, cutting off her ear and wounding her severely. The victim suffered serious head injury and was taken to a Tbilisi hospital. Gelashvili, who
served in the Mukhrovani military unit, was detained. Gas supple
to Armenia and Georgia temporarily suspended ArmRosgasprom imports
gas to Armenia from Russia. Health deteriorates
for female prisoner on hunger strike Chair of NGO Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights Nana Kakabadze said the health of prisoner Anna Mazanishvili has gotten worse. "It happened because she was not offered medical aid in time," Kakabadze said. Mazanishvili began serving a 12-year sentence on January 10, 2007, on charges of trafficking. Inmates at the prison announced a hunger strike in hopes authorities would address reportedly dire conditions at the facility. "There are
prisoners among the hunger strike participants whose state of health
worries us," Kakabadze said. Ministry
of Culture to examine unique church Officials of the heritage department at the ministry, along with archaeologists and historians, will go to the site in Kakheti in several days. The church is thought
to be built in the 11th or 12th centuries, and may contain historic
artifacts. Abkhaz de
facto government holds large-scale military trainings According to Zakan Nanba, de facto Abkhaz deputy minister of defense, the trainings will be held at the Ochamchire and Tsebelda military exercise grounds. The Abkhaz air force will also participate in the trainings. According to him, 6 000 soldiers will take part. "Only reservists
will participate in weapons training. These are people who received
military education but they still need to undergo training," Nanba
said. State evicts
media organizations from building The editorial boards
of the newspapers New 7 Days and Tabori are in the building. Spokespersons for
the organizations said they don't intend to comply. |
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