Jehovah’s Witnesses

Georgia

European Court rules against Georgia’s campaign of terror

Press release: May 3, 2007

Five-year ordeal ends for victim of mob attack

Press release: December 22, 2004
Also in Georgian, Russian

Chronology of Acts of Violence and Intimidation

Report: April 11, 2004

Police actions against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Georgia continue

Press release: June 2, 2003

Extremists attack victims and attorneys in Georgia court

Press release: April 29, 2003

Lawsuit filed against Georgian officials because religious literature is detained

Press release: April 24, 2003

Mkalavishvili prosecution stalls again

Press release: April 4, 2003

Violent religious intolerance remains unchecked in Georgia

Press release: January 30, 2003

Religious freedom attorney assaulted in Georgian court

Press release: January 20, 2003

Alleged assailant attends court armed with gun—reporter expelled from courtroom by mob

Press release: November 21, 2002
Also in Georgian

Attacks in republic of Georgia continue on heels of US Commission hearing

Press release: October 2, 2002
Also in Georgian

US Commission strongly condemns religious violence in republic of Georgia

Press release: September 25, 2002

The OSCE to hear from victims of human rights violations

Press release: September 10, 2002

Attacks on religious freedom decried by American Embassy

Press release: August 16, 2002

Arsonists torch meeting place of Jehovah’s Witnesses on eve of convention

Press release: August 15, 2002
Also in Georgian

Thirty new cases against Georgia filed with the European Court

Press release: July 23, 2002
Also in Georgian, Russian

Georgian police side with persecutors of religious minorities

Press release: July 9, 2002

Arson follows in wake of action by Governor

Press release: June 28, 2002

Supreme Court of Georgia refuses to prosecute religious extremist

Press release: June 25, 2002

Police brutality against religious minorities goes unpunished

Press release: June 20, 2002

Georgian courts send message: ‘No action in cases of violence against religious minorities’

Press release: June 10, 2002
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

President Bush hears updates on delayed justice for minority religions in former Soviet republic

Press release: May 3, 2002

Trial of Mkalavishvili postponed after prosecutor no-show

Press release: April 23, 2002

Religious extremists in Georgia continue attacks with impunity

Press release: April 8, 2002
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Prosecution of religious extremists postponed again as Court fails to protect victims

Press release: February 27, 2002

Criminal trial of Vasili Mkalavishvili postponed again

Press release: February 14, 2002
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Frenzy forces postponement as mob of 300 overrun court

Press release: February 5, 2002

Violence against religious minorities in Georgia publicized

Press release: January 29, 2002
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Prosecutor’s absence delays Mkalavishvili trial

Press release: January 26, 2002

Trial of Vasili Mkalavishvili and Petre (Gia) Ivanidze to begin today in Georgia

Press release: January 25, 2002
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Georgia Supreme Court exonerates victim of mob attack

Press release: October 12, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Religious extremists intensify reign of terror in Georgia

Press release: September 28, 2001

Jehovah’s Witnesses file with European Court to challenge Supreme Court of Georgia ruling

Press release: August 16, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Police refuse to interfere as Orthodox extremists carry out fourth attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Rustavi

Press release: August 12, 2001

Beatings continue in Republic of Georgia—perpetrators remain unpunished

Press release: July 17, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Defrocked priest continues campaign of terror in Republic of Georgia

Press release: July 10, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Republic of Georgia reaching for more freedom?

Press release: July 9, 2001

Jehovah’s Witnesses file with European Court

Press release: July 2, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Tbilisi police refuse to quell violent attack

Press release: June 21, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses continue in Republic of Georgia

Press release: June 11, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Relentless terror campaign continues in Georgia

Press release: May 31, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Private home is burned with family still inside

Press release: May 16, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Masked men beat women and children with clubs in presence of Georgian Member of Parliament

Press release: May 7, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Will Georgia protect religious freedom?

Press release: April 2, 2001

Bible burning becoming everyday affair in Georgia

Press release: March 29, 2001

Violence against religious minorities continues unabated in Georgia

Press release: March 28, 2001

Printing office mobbed; thousands of pieces of Bible literature are burned publicly

Press release: March 16, 2001

Orthodox priests lead mob attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses while police refuse to intervene

Press release: March 8, 2001

Mob attacks Jehovah’s Witness families in Republic of Georgia after Supreme Court ruling

Press release: March 1, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Jehovah’s Witnesses to Appeal to European Court

Press release: February 22, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Children beaten by mob in Republic of Georgia; Ombudsman condemns ongoing violence

Press release: January 23, 2001
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Court in Republic of Georgia convicts victims of mob attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses

Press release: October 5, 2000

Religious meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Republic of Georgia closed down by police

Press release: October 5, 2000

Police join extremists in beating Jehovah’s Witnesses and looting convention site in Republic of Georgia

Press release: September 21, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Masked police bring violent halt to religious convention in Republic of Georgia

Press release: September 8, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

European Parliament delegation condemns violence against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Republic of Georgia

Press release: September 8, 2000

Violent attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses spread to western part of Republic of Georgia

Press release: September 8, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Jehovah’s Witnesses fight detainment of religious literature in Republic of Georgia

Press release: September 1, 2000

Orthodox mob continues assault on media, attorney and human rights advocates in Republic of Georgia

Press release: August 17, 2000

Mob attacks journalists and Jehovah’s Witnesses in Republic of Georgia courtroom

Press release: August 17, 2000

Court case in the Republic of Georgia against victim of mob violence to be held today

Press release: August 16, 2000

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Republic of Georgia mobbed again following court decision

Press release: August 7, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Religious literature destroyed in Tbilisi fire

Press release: June 30, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Jehovah’s Witnesses appeal to Supreme Court of Republic of Georgia

Press release: June 24, 2000

Tbilisi court protects religious freedom in Republic of Georgia

Press release: February 29, 2000
Also in Georgian (PDF format)

Christians mobbed in Georgia; Shevardnadze calls for investigation

Press release: October 20, 1999
Also in Georgian (PDF format)