on transitional justice
When: Saturday, 16. October 2010
To: Sunday, 17. October 2010
Where: Zagreb, Croatia
Host: Hotel Westin / Documenta
Contact: Eugen Jakovcic (eugen.jakovcic@documenta.hr)
The forum opening will be done by the president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic, and the introduction will be made by Natasa Kandic, director of the Fund for Humanitarian Law (Serbia) and Vesna Terselic, director of Documenta (Croatia).
More information can be found at www.zarekom.org
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We, the undersigned members of the Network of Human Rights Houses and other international civil society organisations urge the government of Georgia to immediately end the ongoing repressions against independent voices. We condemn the use of illegal and disproportionate force against largely peaceful protestors, physical attacks against civil society representatives, alleged illegal detention of a well-known blogger, coordinated campaign of smear, harassment and intimidation against journalists, human rights defenders and their family members, including children.
Human Rights House Foundation joins a coalition of press freedom, journalists and human rights organizations led by The International Press Institute (IPI) in writing to Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, urging him to withdraw the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, guarantee the safety of journalists and uphold press freedom in Georgia.
As Georgian authorities look to introduce new “foreign agent” legislation, HRHF’s Kety Abashidze outlines the situation unfolding in the country and highlights the importance of international organisations, civil society and like-minded states to show solidarity with the Georgian public and civil society and to call on the authorities to abandon the law.
