Release of maps of Georgia portraying occupied regions as independent to be criminally tried
The parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will discuss the bill on February 18. Photo: Euobserver/WikiMedia Commons
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The distribution or publication of a map of Georgia in which the occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) are not presented as a part of the Georgian state will become punishable under the criminal code of Georgia.
The parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will discuss the bill tomorrow.
The bill says that the production, release, import and export of a printed map of Georgia on which country's territorial integrity is put under question will be punishable by fine or imprisonment of up to two years.
The initiators of the bill, lawmakers from the ruling party, Irakli Sesiashvili and Otar Chrdileli, say that the bill will prevent cases of the country’s borders being incorrectly illustrated on maps.
Several such cases have took place recently, including one in October 2018 when Georgia was marked without the occupied regions on gift maps issued at the World Chess Olympiad in Batumi by a delegation from Russia.
New illegal barbed wire fences have been noticed by the locals in the village of Khurvaleti, alongside the occupation line of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) today.
Three citizens of the Russian Federation, members of Russia's delegation to the film festival ‘Meeting with Russia’, have been refused entry into Georgia, announces the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
The Russian occupation forces deployed in central Georgia have moved the occupation line further into Georgian territory. This step saw about 10 more hectares of Georgian soil in the heart of the country now become occupied by Russia.
Georgia is teaming up with Norway to create the country’s first digital topographical map since 1991, showing detailed natural and man-made features that will be extremely helpful for locals and foreigners exploring the country.
Occupation forces have resumed erecting a so-called border near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality, after a week-long pause. The work first began on August 7, when occupation forces installed posts for the further installation of barbed wires and stopped afterwards.
Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali have been listed as separate countries for registration on Chinese video-sharing social network Tik Tok.
The Georgian parliament has approved a bill outlawing production of maps illustrating Georgia without its occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia.
Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have been removed as separate country listings on Chinese video-sharing social network Tik Tok. The Georgian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that they had active cooperation with the Chinese officials in Tbilisi and Beijing to have Abkhazia and Tskhinvali removed from the social network.