We, the undersigned members of the network of Human Rights Houses, express our concern over the Georgian Parliament’s draft “Transparency of Foreign Influence” bill and call on lawmakers to reject it and ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and civil society. In mid-February, the People’s Power party, members of the majority coalition in Parliament, introduced the foreign influence bill (https://jam-news.net/law-on-foreign-agents/). If approved, the bil ...

We, the people of Georgia, strongly oppose the bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary The majority, is also endorsed by the Speaker of Parliament and other MPs. We declare that the attempts to adopt this Russian bill attack not only the independent civil society organizations and the critical media, but the people of Georgia themselves.

Update: The Ministry of Internal Affairs terminated the investigation into the criminal case against the artist Sandro Sulaberidze. As mentioned in the statement issued by the MIA, there were no signs of crime, so the investigation was stopped. Georgian authorities should immediately stop criminal persecution against artist – Sandro Sulaberidze. Th ...