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…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Joint Statement of NGOs The signatory organizations respond to the facts of the media attacks by high-ranking government officials against civil society organizations in the recent period. The comments of the members of the ruling party Mamuka Mdinaradze[1]  and Irakli Kobakhidze[2] regarding the income of non-governmental organ…