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Interview with Ucha Nanuashvili, Public Defender of Georgia
Parliament of Georgia elected new ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili on December 7th by 82 votes against 18. Ucha Nanuashvili has been heading a local NGO Human Rights Center for years. Recently he has been chosen as a chairman of board of the Human Rights House Tbilisi. HRHT interviewed Ucha Nanuashvili.
Internal displacement as a stigma in Georgia
Journalist Anuna Bukia, an IDP from Sokhumi, Abkhazia, thinks it is difficult to be an IDP in Georgia not only because of social-economic factors but because of negative approach of the Georgian society towards internally displaced people.
South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders present the report on Georgia
On Monday, December 10, the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders held a press-conference with regard to International Human Rights Day and presented report on the situation of human rights defenders in Georgia. The report is published as part of a joint report of South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders, which covers situation of human rights defenders in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Georgian NGOs nominate Ucha Nanuashvili on the position of Public Defender
Appeal Statement of Nongovernmental Organizations to Parliament of Georgia to Nominate Mr. Ucha Nanuashvili on the position of Public Defender of Georgia
Meeting of South Caucasus human rights defenders in Tbilisi
On October 25-27, regional meeting of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders was held in Tbilisi based hotel Bomondi. The main topic of the conference was intimidation on human rights defenders and lawyers in the South Caucasus countries. They planned joint strategic campaign and drafted recommendations to the governments of South Caucasus countries.
GCRT’s appeal on conditions of juvenile prisoners
On October 29, the Georgian Center for Psycho-Social and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) gave a press-conference in the office of the Open Society –Georgia Foundation on the Conditions of Juvenile Prisoners.
Government changed through elections in Georgia
On October 1, 2012 Parliamentary Elections were held in Georgia. It was first elections throughout twenty-year-long independence history of the country when the government has changed through elections.
HRHT Members Condemn Publication of Personal Data by Asaval-Dasavali Newspaper
Human Rights House Tbilisi’s member organizations condemn incitement to violence by the newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, which published personal data of Gldani Prison Personnel in their edition with the headline “Recognize the Butchers!”
Protest against torture and abuse in Georgian prisons
Video footages depicting grave abuses, beating and humiliation of prisoners by the prison guards were last week shown on Georgian TV channels.