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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…

27.02.23

Georgian lawmakers must reject the draft “Transparency of Foreign Influence” bill

We, the undersigned members of the network of Human Rights Houses, express our concern over the Georgian Parliament’s draft “Transparency of Foreign Influence” bill and call on lawmakers to reject it and ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and civil society. In mid-February, the People’s Power party, members of the …

21.02.23

Russian Law is not the will of Georgia

We, the people of Georgia, strongly oppose the bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary The majority, is also endorsed by the Speaker of Parliament and other MPs. We declare that the attempts to adopt this Russian bill attack not only the independent civil society organizations and the critical media, but the people of Georgia themselves.…

14.02.23

Georgian authorities should immediately stop criminal persecution against artist – Sandro Sulaberidze

Update: The Ministry of Internal Affairs terminated the investigation into the criminal case against the artist Sandro Sulaberidze. As mentioned in the statement issued by the MIA, there were no signs of crime, so the investigation was stopped. Georgian authorities should immediately stop criminal persecution against artist – Sandro S…

24.01.23

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Mini-grants for Civil Society Organizations & independent media 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…

28.12.22

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 agains…

26.12.22

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 nomi…

15.12.22

Human Rights Defenders Day 2022 and “Lekso” Award Ceremony

On December 9, 2022, Human Rights House (HRHT) celebrated International Human Rights Defenders Day in Georgia for the fifth time. The participants of the event were welcomed by the HRHT Board chairperson Baia Pataraia, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Georgia H.E. Helene Sand Andresen, Political-Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tb…

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