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Emergency support to Ukraine
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Emergency Support to Civil Society and Media in Response to the Ukraine war (ESU) is implemented under a regional project run by ERIM in partnership with Human Rights House Tbilisi and funded by the European Union. The project aims to strengthen ...
Statement of the HRHT regarding the illegal detention of Zurab Karchava
HRHT responds to the illegal detention of civil activist and psychologist Zurab Karchava and calls on the law enforcement authorities to immediately release him.
Zurab Karchava, civil activist and psychologist, employee of NGO "Ialqani" was arrested on December 28. He wanted to set up a tent on Era Square in Batumi and in this way protest against the inaction of the state and the absence of free meals for students in public schools.
Setting up a tent by a civil activist to demonstr ...
FAILURE TO ELECT A PUBLIC DEFENDER HARMS THE COUNTRY’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS
On December 22, the Parliament of Georgia voted for the candidates for Public Defender, but none of them got the sufficient number of votes. This result does not come as a surprise, as the leaders of the parliamentary majority announced one day before the voting that no agreement was reached with the opposition on any candidate. The candidates nominated by a wide spectrum of civil society did not get the requir ...
