We stand in solidarity and join the protest together with the peaceful manifestants in Georgia!
We call our friends and international partners and actors to support legitimate & peaceful protestors in Georgia!
Please share messages & statements of solidarity and use all international mechanisms to ensure freedom of expression & assembly of the peaceful manifestants.
What you can do:
Share this post or information about ongoing protest in Georgia and stand in solidarity with peaceful manifestants;
Engage in protection of peaceful manifestants by planning long-term monitoring and observation missions, e.g. trial observations of detainees or ongoing protest;
Collect evidences of human rights violations, prepare &…
The winners of the 2024 “Lekso” Award have been announced
This year's award focused on the right to peaceful protest and its media coverage. The jury awarded first place to Mariam Nikuradze, journalist and co-founder of OC Media. Manana Kveliashvili, a journalist from "Batumelebi," took second place.
The event featured speeches from Pert Kubernat, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Georgia; Rebecca Lee, Deputy Head of Mission/Second Secretary of the Embassy of Norway; and Lela Ciskarishvili, Chair of the Tbilisi Human Rights House. Additionally, Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, addressed the attendees via video.
A panel discussion on the importance of protes…
Russian Law must be withdrawn unconditionally
On May 14th, the majority members of the Parliament of Georgia acted against the national interests of the Georgian people and the constitution by passing the Russian Law in the third reading. This attempt to establish Putin's rules in Georgia is a betrayal of all our ancestors and compatriots who fought and are fighting for more than two hundred years against the Russification of Georgia. Before the draft law condemned by the entire international community becomes a law, the veto of the president remains, which the parliament must not overcome.
We declare once again that the Georgian people will not accept Russian laws, violent rule and se…
