The News in Brief
Wednesday, January 15
By Liza Mchedlidze
Lelo demands an apology from BBC Russia for calling Abkhazia ‘sovereign Entity’
Political party ‘Lelo’ demands BBC Russia to issue an apology for referring to occupied Abkhazia as a ‘sovereign entity’. According to the party, referring to the ruler of occupied territory as a ‘president’ is breaking a law of international law of borders and offends the whole state.
Lelo already issued a protest letter regarding the matter and sent it to BBC Russia bureau, demanding above mentioned article to be edited.
The political party also demands the Foreign Ministry responded to such offense by BBC Russia, but the Foreign Ministry has yet to make a statement regarding the issue.
On June 12, BBC Russia issued an article about the recent events in Occupied Abkhazia, referring to the region as a Republic separated from Georgia and failed to mention acknowledged terms such as 'occupational regime', 'de-facto', 'so-called' when referring to internationally recognized occupied territory matters.
MIA detains Georgian citizen for attempted kidnapping of Georgian border guard
Ministry of Internal Affairs states that one citizen of Georgia was detained on the Georgia-Azerbaijan land border.
According to the MIA, the detainee threatened border guards with hand grenades and guns, forcing them to move them to a certain part of the border.
The detainee will be charged with the Criminal Code Article (3,4) for purchasing and possessing firearms and explosive devices and with Article 144 (2-e) for taking a hostage. Prison sentences for these articles range from three to nine years.
The special operation for detaining the person lasted two hours.
European Court launched substantive hearing of case of Georgian transgender man
In December 2019, the European Court started a substantive hearing of the case of recognition of transgender Nikolo Gviniashvili’s gender identity. According to GYLA, the European court has sent questions to the Georgian state.
The transgender man has been repeatedly denied by government authorities to identify the desired gender in the ID documents because he did not submit an anatomic sex change document.
The state has to answer questions by the European Court in detail. European Court demands to be provided with proof of what medical procedures and law regulations the state of Georgia based its decision on.
Lelo demands an apology from BBC Russia for calling Abkhazia ‘sovereign Entity’
Political party ‘Lelo’ demands BBC Russia to issue an apology for referring to occupied Abkhazia as a ‘sovereign entity’. According to the party, referring to the ruler of occupied territory as a ‘president’ is breaking a law of international law of borders and offends the whole state.
Lelo already issued a protest letter regarding the matter and sent it to BBC Russia bureau, demanding above mentioned article to be edited.
The political party also demands the Foreign Ministry responded to such offense by BBC Russia, but the Foreign Ministry has yet to make a statement regarding the issue.
On June 12, BBC Russia issued an article about the recent events in Occupied Abkhazia, referring to the region as a Republic separated from Georgia and failed to mention acknowledged terms such as 'occupational regime', 'de-facto', 'so-called' when referring to internationally recognized occupied territory matters.
MIA detains Georgian citizen for attempted kidnapping of Georgian border guard
Ministry of Internal Affairs states that one citizen of Georgia was detained on the Georgia-Azerbaijan land border.
According to the MIA, the detainee threatened border guards with hand grenades and guns, forcing them to move them to a certain part of the border.
The detainee will be charged with the Criminal Code Article (3,4) for purchasing and possessing firearms and explosive devices and with Article 144 (2-e) for taking a hostage. Prison sentences for these articles range from three to nine years.
The special operation for detaining the person lasted two hours.
European Court launched substantive hearing of case of Georgian transgender man
In December 2019, the European Court started a substantive hearing of the case of recognition of transgender Nikolo Gviniashvili’s gender identity. According to GYLA, the European court has sent questions to the Georgian state.
The transgender man has been repeatedly denied by government authorities to identify the desired gender in the ID documents because he did not submit an anatomic sex change document.
The state has to answer questions by the European Court in detail. European Court demands to be provided with proof of what medical procedures and law regulations the state of Georgia based its decision on.