We respond to the investigation initiated by the General Prosecutor’s Office of "Georgian Dream," within the framework of which the bank accounts of several organizations and funds, including those of the Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT), have been frozen. Yesterday, we received the City Court’s ruling on this matter. In our assessment, both th…

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 …

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 y…

Donate to help peaceful manifestants in Georgia protesting against the Russian Law. Donations will be used directly for manifestants needs of medical support and psychosocial rehabilitation, payment of administrative fines, physical security. We welcome donations from individuals and private companies aligning with our principles and m…

Human Rights House Foundation and members of the Network of Human Rights Houses urge the Parliament of Georgia and the National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska to drop proposed “Foreign agent” legislation that can damage civil society and media irreversibly, to respect international obligations undertaken by their states under…

Update (05/02/2023) : Akaki Chikobava and Giorgi Khasaia, who had been detained on criminal charges, were granted bail by the Tbilisi City Court, each set at 3,000 GEL. The signatory organizations demand the immediate release of activists Nata Peradze, Giorgi Khasaia, and Akaki Chikobava. On February 2, 2024, the court sentenced activist …

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…

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…

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 …

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…