Human Rights Center and the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders invite you to a Regional Roundtable ‘Civil Society 20 years after the fall of totalitarian regimes in the South Caucasus: Analyzing the Past, Planning the Future’
When: Wednesday, 25. November 2009 16:00
To: Wednesday, 25. November 2009
Where: Tbilisi, Georgia, Hotel Tiflis Palace, 3/5 Gorgasali Street
Host: Human Rights Center and the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders
Contact: Ana Natsvlishvili, Human Rights Center (ana@hridc.org / 857 362684)
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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.
