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20.11.23

Human Rights Fair 2023

On November 17th, the "Human Rights Fair," organized by HRHT," took place in Tbilisi. This year, the fair featured representations from human rights organizations and initiatives operating in the regions of Georgia. According to the event format, participating organizations and initiatives were pre-selected. The event included the presentation o…

03.11.23

“Lekso” Award Ceremony 2023

The winners of the 2023 "Lekso" award were announced on November 2, the day of the elimination of impunity for crimes against journalists. Human Rights House Tbilisi hosted the event in Haraki Theatre, Tbilisi. The winners of this year's award are "South Gate" journalist Temo Inasaridze (category: best human rights article), "Publika" photojourn…

02.11.23

APPEAL OF GEORGIAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Georgia awaits the European Commission's recommendation on granting it EU membership candidate status. We, the undersigned Georgian NGOs, share a common mission: to safeguard and advocate for the interests of Georgian citizens and to promote and instill European democratic values in Georgia. We all share the unwavering choice and the paramount i…

26.10.23

Human Rights Fair 2023 – Tbilisi

We invite human rights organizations, initiatives and activists working in the regions to the event "Human Rights Fair" in Tbilisi. About the Fair Human Rights Fair was founded in 2018 by Human Rights House. The main goal of the fair is to increase awareness of human rights defenders working outside the capital, in other cities and villages o…

24.10.23

Human Rights House Foundation: Georgian authorities must immediately reverse steps taken to limit civic space

HRHF is concerned by the Georgian authorities’ on-going efforts to criminalise, hinder, and de-legitimise the essential work of civil society and obstruct peaceful protests. We call on the Georgian authorities to reverse restrictions on civic space and create an enabling environment for human rights defenders and other civic actors. On 18 Septem…

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…