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11.08.23

Call for professional development opportunity for civil society and media actors affected by Ukraine war residing in Georgia

Capacity building support for Ukrainian Civil Society and independent media, including individuals Emergency Support to civil society and media in response to the Ukraine war (ESU) is a regional project run by ERIM in partnership with Human Rights House Tbilisi and funded by the European Union. The project aims to strengthen the resilience…

02.08.23

Utilizing Administrative Detentions During Protests as a tool to Suppress Freedom of Expression

Update: On September 27, Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Shcherbakovi ruled on the cases of human rights defenders and activists who were arrested on June 2 for holding banners and wearing T-shirts with the name of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, with only one letter of his first name changed to evoke an association with male genitalia. Ac…

13.07.23

40+ organisations’ joint statement on the 8 July attack against the Tbilisi Pride festival

Georgia’s authorities must protect, without discrimination, the universal and fundamental rights of all people in Georgia, including freedoms of assembly and expression of LGBT+ groups and their supporters, and human rights defenders. We, the undersigned Georgian and international human rights and civil society organizations, condemn the 8 July …

11.07.23

Georgian HRDs meeting with the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor

On May 24, organized by Human Rights House Tbilisi, Georgian human rights defenders met the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor. The formal hearing, in two sessions, was attended by 20 Georgian human rights defenders. The HRDs discussed the risks and threats they face during their activities. ,,The risks and challenge…

30.06.23

The First Georgian Anti-SLAPP Conference took place in Tbilisi

HRHT’s coordinator, Natia Tavberidze and Human Rights House Foundation’s International Advocacy Officer Nora Wehofsits were the speakers of the panel discussions at the first Georgian anti-SLAPP conference in Tbilisi. Natia Tavberidze participated in a panel ‘’SLAPP tendencies worldwide and in Georgia”, while Nora Wehofsits spoke on ‘’Anti-SLAPP…

21.06.23

Georgian NGOs: Restriction of freedom of artistic expression and discreditation of cultural and artistic circles shall be inadmissible

Restriction of freedom of artistic expression and discreditation of cultural and artistic circles shall be inadmissible. “Art is alive and independent!” We, the signatory organizations express our solidarity with filmmaker Salome Jashi, her colleagues, and all the representatives of the art & cultural sector. Artistic freedom of exp…

05.06.23

Human Rights House Tbilisi express concern over the detention of human rights defenders

Human Rights House Tbilisi express concern over the detention of human rights defenders peacefully protesting in front of the parliament of Georgia on 2 June 2023. We call on Georgian authorities to stop the practice of illegal and disproportionate use of administrative detentions, which has been increasingly used as a tool to repress defenders in …

02.05.23

Georgia denies entry to Belarusian activist

Evgeni Gatsak again tried to cross the border of Sarfi. The human rights defender was returned to Turkey after a few hours in the neutral zone. Gatsak is the founder of the Belarusian diaspora in Adjara. The activist has been living in Georgia for almost two years. The Belarusian diaspora organized a press conference in response to the news.…

27.03.23

Stop the persecution of Tatia Samkharadze and ensure her right to privacy.

Human Rights House Tbilisi expresses its full solidarity with Tatia Samkharadze, who has become a victim of pro-government TV channels in recent days due to her activism. On March 26, Tatia Samkharadze published a video on her Facebook page as proof that the TV company "PostTV" had lied about her, claiming that she had been kidnapped by Dimitri …

14.03.23

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,,By attempting to further close space for human rights defenders and media, the Georgian authorities sent a clear signal about their desire to silence dissent and voices calling attention to human right violations." - noted Natia Tavberidze, coordinator of Human Rights House Tbilisi. On March 14, Natia Tavberidze and the representative of "Rig…