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Freedom House published the survey of the freedom of the press in the world – “Freedom of the Press-2010.” Georgia is on the 126th place classified as partly free, followed by Honduras, Nepal and Paraguay. the Russian Federation is on the 175th place, classified as not free, followed by The Gambia. Georgia has moved forward with one rate but it still stays a country where media is “partly free”.

European companies are participating in the global trade in types of equipment widely used in torture or other ill-treatment, according to evidence presented in a new report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation released on March 16. In the full version of the report Georgia is also mentioned. More precisely, the report states that Georgia purchased torture tools from Germany and Czech Republic.

A 30-minute-long fake report by Imedi TV on March 13, as if Russian troops were advancing to Tbilisi, triggered panic and also wave of anger on the television station, which has a nationwide broadcasting.

The ICC Prosecutor is working with the Russian Federation to promote justice for all victims of the Georgian conflict – OTP and Russian Federation pledge co-operation at conclusion of Moscow visit.

On March 11, US Department of State published annual human rights report which covers the situation in Georgia as well. The report speaks about deterioration of human rights situation in the country. The report focuses on various grave violations among them is the excessive use of force, arbitrary arrest, politically motivated imprisonments, etc.

On March 10th, the British, French and the US Ambassadors visited the Human Rights Center (HRIDC) to meet the NGO representatives and discuss the situation of human rights defenders in Georgia.

On the International Women’s Day the Human Rights Priority and the Caucasian Women’s Network filed a strategic litigation to the ECHR on the case of sexual abuse against a Georgian woman during the August war. The case versus Georgia and Russian Federation.

Media PR Campaign has become an active tool for the Georgian government to discredit NGOs and human rights defenders in media outlets since December of 2009. National TV-Channels have released telecasts where human rights defenders were declared to be traitors.

Head of Studio “Reporter”, journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze requests the Government of Switzerland political asylum because he fears for his own and his familys life. His wife reports to the Interpress news that her husband has received several threatening phone calls where his family members were threatened with death. Currently, Komakhidze is in Geneva, in a refugee asylum.