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On December 15 2009 the office of the Inclusive Foundation, a well known Georgian LGBT organisation, was raided by the police. They did not wear police uniforms, did not provide a search warrant, did not inform about their identity or agency they represented and did not explain the purpose of their intrusion.

The Human Rights House Foundation and the Human Rights Center Georgia nominates Saba Tsitsikashvili for the Index on censorship award. Saba Tsitsikashvili is a journalists and a human rights defender who lives and works in conflict region.

On the 10th of December – the international day of human rights – the members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders celebrate the progress achieved in their struggle for freedom, equality and justice.

Norwegian PEN, the Human Rights House Foundation and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee are alarmed by the information that representatives of Special Operative Department (SOD) of Adjara region within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia have attempted to exert pressure and blackmail Tedo Jorbenadze, head of the investigative reporting team of the “Batumelebi” Newspaper. We call upon the Georgian authorities to promptly investigate both this and previous incidents of pressure on “Batumelebi” and to take all appropriate measures to ensure a safe and enabling environment for all journalists in Georgia.

The members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Human Rights House Tbilisi are alarmed by the information that representatives of Adjara Autonomous Republic Division of Special Operative Department (SOD) within the Ministry of Interior of Georgia have attempted to exert pressure and blackmail Tedo Jorbenadze, the head of the investigative reporting team of the “Batumelebi” Newspaper. We call upon the Georgian authorities to promptly investigate this and previous incidents of pressure on “Batumelebi” and take all appropriate measures to ensure safe and enabling environment for all journalists in Georgia.

Members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Human Rights House Tbilisi are alarmed by the information that representatives of Adjara Autonomous Republic Division of Special Operative Department (SOD) within the Ministry of Interior of Georgia have attempted to exert pressure and blackmail Tedo Jorbenadze, the head of the investigative reporting team of the “Batumelebi” Newspaper. We call upon the Georgian authorities to promptly investigate this and previous incidents of pressure on “Batumelebi” and take all appropriate measures to ensure safe and enabling environment for all journalists in Georgia.

On November 22-25, 2009 the second regional meeting of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders was held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

On the initiative of HR Center and the South Caucasus Network for HR Defenders, the South Caucasus Network defenders from Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia, the HRHouse Foundation from Norway as well as other members of NGO community protested against the arbitrary detention of the activists of “7 November” movement.

The Human Rights House Foundation together with HRH Network members in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation and partners in Georgia has launched a new project, Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers.