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…

Looking back at 2019 – A year full of challenges for the human rights defenders and activists throughout the world. Whereas the human rights defenders make a stand to defend the rights of other people, democratic values, or peace, very often they become the victims of persecution and harassment from the state. This is the continued tendency in many…