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05.06.19

NINO GOGOTISHVILI ABOUT ELLI FOUNDATION AND CHILD TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

Around 1,24 million people die in road accidents every year worldwide. The figure is quite alarming in Georgia as it’s almost twice as high as the average mortality rate in all EU countries. That is why different states are developing systematic strategies and improving legislation to significantly reduce the number of road traffic death…

03.06.19

NARGIZA EMANOVA ON THE PROBLEM OF EARLY MARRIAGE IN AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY

The report by the Public Defender of Georgia on Human Rights and Freedoms Situation in Georgia of 2018 highlights that early marriage still remains as one of the challenges in Georgia. The abduction of underage girls to marry is still a problem, especially in the regions inhabited by ethnic minorities. Although the law of Georgia prohibit…

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29.05.19

TWO YEARS AFTER THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF AFGAN MUKHTARLI AND INVESTIGATION THAT IS STILL NOT COMPLETED

May 29 marks two years after the disappearance of the Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli in Tbilisi. Based on the decision of the local court he is currently serving the prison time in Azerbaijan for the illegal border crossing, smuggling, and resistance to the police. The investigation by the Georgian investigative authorities into alleged …

02.05.19

SECOND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR WOMEN DEFENDERS HELD IN TBILISI

Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) hosted its National Leadership Academy for the second time in Tbilisi, Georgia, in March 2019. The academy aims to support young women human rights defenders to be more active and increase their participation in policy planning and public work. Over the course of three days, 30 young women from Tbilisi and other…

15.04.19

CALL FOR ENTRIES: FOR PHOTO CONTEST: UNKNOWN PORTRAITS- WOMEN AND ACTIVISM

About the projectIREX Europe, a French-based NGO, and Human Rights House Tbilisi are implementing a project aiming at promotion, discovering and strengthening new women’s rights leaders and “invisible women” – women who are actively protecting rights in their community but are not involved in general human rights defending activities. The project i…

01.02.19

PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN GEORGIA

Promoting the importance of human rights defenders and their work in Georgia, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT), on behalf of its member organisations, organised the first celebration of International Human Rights Defenders Day in Georgia. The reception was held at the Parliamentary Library of Georgia on International Human Rights Defenders Day,…

14.01.19

PROTECTION PROGRAM REPORT: SUPPORT PROVIDED TO EXILED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM AZERBAIJAN IN GEORGIA

The report presents the activities carried out by the Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) in 2014-2017, which aimed to protect the Azerbaijani human rights defenders sheltering in Georgia and to promote their civic integration in the country.The protection program implemented by the HRHT enabled more than one hundred displaced civil or political acti…

Irakli Kordzaia

28.12.18

HRHT MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST INVESTIGATION OVER ALLEGED FACTS OF OPPRESSION AND INTIMIDATION OF THE GEORGIAN JOURNALIST AND BLOGGER IRAKLI KORDZAIA

The member organizations of the Human Rights House Tbilisi echo the alleged facts of oppression and intimidation of the human rights journalist Irakli Kordzaia from the government representatives, and we call on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to timely and effectively investigate the case. As reported by the human rights journal…

19.11.18

RELIGIOUS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND TO SHEIKH MIRTAG ASADOV’S DETENTION IN AZERBAIJAN

We, the signatory organizations, express our concern about the arbitrary detention of Sheikh Miratag Asadov, the chairman of the Supreme Religious Administration of Georgia’s All Muslims, by the local police on the territory of Azerbaijan, and call on the authorities of Georgia and Azerbaijan, to take timely and effective measures to restore the ri…

Giga Makarashvili

24.10.18

NGOS REQUEST ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PEACEFUL PROTEST PARTICIPANT IN GORI

We, the under-signatory non-governmental organizations, echo the insulting and degrading treatment of Giga Makarashvili, independent activist, from the side of Teimuraz Manvelishvili, the head of the legal department of the Gori Municipal Administration. We call on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to timely and effectively investigate this fact. …