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December 26, 2011

Social Media and “New Media” development in Georgia

The importance of New Media has been discussed in Georgia during last few years. The advantage of new media is mainly in its democratic essence – users are the part of it as they participate in creating media product by themselves. According to experts, new media is still under development in Georgia and has less readers than traditional one, however, time by time it is becoming an alternative source of information.

November 11, 2011

Situation of human rights defenders in Georgia

Human Rights defenders in Georgia complain that during the last three years they have faced different forms of pressure and intimidation which have included threats or fabricated charges e.g., espionage, physical and verbal assault, and irregular inspections by state organs. They also complain about stigmatization and smear campaigns in media and by high ranking officials.

October 4, 2011

HRHF and HRHN representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at PACE

A delegation of the Human Rights House Foundation and Human Rights House Network´s members from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are taking part at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The delegation will have meetings with the country rapporteurs, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in the Council of Europe.

September 28, 2011

HRHF opens working session 3 at OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

The Human Rights House Foundation, together with partner organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and the Russian Federation, took part at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation meeting in Warsaw on 25-29 September 2011. It made several interventions, addressing human rights issues in the countries, co-organised side events on Belarus and protection of human rights defenders and organised a protest campaign against the arrest of Ales Bialiatski. Maria Dahle, the Executive Director of HRHF, opened the 3rd working session on freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association, national HR institutions and HR education.

September 27, 2011

HRHF draws attention to HR concerns in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kenya

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) voiced its concerns about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kenya at the UN Human Rights Council session.

September 26, 2011

The Human Rights House Tbilisi dedicated a Peace Week to the International Day of Peace

September 21 is an International Day of Peace. The Human Rights House Tbilisi dedicated the Peace Week to this day. Within a week, the HRHT organized several different events during a week, starting from September 21 to 23.

September 26, 2011

Georgia adopts a new law on the status of religious organizations

On July 5, 2011 the Georgian parliament amended the Civil Code in an expedited way, within 5 working days, allowing religious organizations in Georgia to be registered as legal entities of public law. Some experts consider that the Georgian Parliament approved the amendment through violations of the bylaws. They also deem that amendment allows large interpretation of the norm, thus it requests better formulation.

September 19, 2011

HRHT dedicates a Peace Week to the International Day of Peace

The Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) is organizing a Peace Week dedicated to the International Day of Peace. Numerous activities are scheduled to commemorate the day.

September 9, 2011

The findings of GYLA questions the official version of demonstrator’s death

On September 6, 2011 the Georgian Young Lawyers` Association (GYLA) published important findings, regarding to the cases of deprivation of lives during the rally dispersal. According to the findings, one of the protesters – Nika Kvintradze, who, as police claim, died as a result of electrocution, was among those arrested by the riot police.