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Villages – Plavi, Plavismani and Kveshi are located near the ABL, adjacent to the occupied South Ossetia. The road finishes with wire-fence 150 meters away from the Georgian blockpost. The 150 meter distance is a risky zone, where person can be kidnapped and taken to Tskhinvali for alleged “violation of the border” and keep you in prison before paying 2 000 Russian rubles. De-facto authority of South Ossetia calls it “administrative fine.” Nobody is secured from the so-called “blind shooting” in the direction of the Georgia controlled area from the 150-meter zone.

First in 1991, the former military school building in the territory of Tbilisi Sea was occupied by the former Defense Minister of Georgia Tengiz Kitovani, when he rebelled against that time government. He camped together with his status-canceled Guardia in that building and the Tbilisi Civil War of 1990s started from there. After a while, in1993 IDPs from Abkhazia sheltered the building and still live there though their accommodation was “temporary” shelter.

Upper Mleta village in Dusheti district has been in the zone of natural disaster for several years already. Aragvi River running through the village threats locals every season of flood. At the same time, the river might get blocked by the landslide fallen from Lomisi Mountain, that will finally flood the village. Residents of Upper Mleta have been waiting for the resettlement into safer place for several years already.

Homeless people have been sheltering tents set up in Moscow Avenue in Tbilisi since December 2013. The Government of Georgia announced the initiative after nongovernmental organizations raised the issue very urgently. In extremely cold winter of 2013-2014, 12 tents for 80 persons were set up in Moscow Avenue. Since then, people permanently go to the tents at night and sleep there if they have nowhere else to go.

On August 12, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) and its member organizations held a joint press conference regarding the mass arrests of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

Human Rights House Tbilisi member organizations – Article 42 of the Constitution, Georgian Centre for Psycho-social and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture victims (GCRT), Human Rights Centre (HRIDC), Human Rights and Conflict Studies- Caucasia, Media Institute, Union Sapari welcome signing of EU-Georgia Association Agreement and Georgia’s strive for democratic development.

On June 26, the human Rights House Tbilisi has dedicated several events to the UN International Day in support of Victims of Torture.

After fierce debate with the Orthodox Church, on May 2 the law on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and related sub-bills was passed with 115 votes to one. As it moves towards signing an association agreement with the European Union this June, Georgia is trying to make its legal environment more EU-compatible. According to the agreement between EU-Georgia the adaptation of the anti-discrimination law will help in moving ahead with visa liberalization.

On April 24, conference on “Judiciary Miscarriages in Transitional Period and Mechanisms for Their Eradication” took place at Human Rights House Tbilisi. Representatives of the participating NGOs presented their visions how to restore justice in the country.