Tag: Human rights

Georgia

Gia Volski says the European Parliament is already a breeding ground of this Baltic lobby group. I am certain that they don’t care about Mzia Amaglobeli, or the young man that hit a policeman.  

Georgia

EU Commissioner: The situation is deteriorating in Georgia at an alarming pace, and the country that is home to the ‘Georgian Dream” is moving away from democratic standards. The EU is ready to take action to hold human right violators accountable  

Georgia

Salome Zurabishvili, Kuprashvili’s agency has become a punitive institution  

Georgia

Public Defender: The Ministry of Justice accepted the Public Defender of Georgia’s request to eliminate strip searches of prisoners in order to conduct full inspection  

Georgia

Public Defender: If violence occurs in the back entrance of the parliament, does that give the police the authority to crackdown on the rally in Rustaveli if there is violence? No! Why would they arrest someone for multiple offenders on Freedom Square? What is the connection between them? !  

Georgia

Shalva Papuashvili says it is cynical for the Swedish Embassy to claim that the law being adopted will ban the financing of extremism, sabotage and terrorism. When the embassy supports extremism and encourages it, then any claim that they have different intentions should not be taken seriously.  

Georgia

Rasa jukneviciene : The report on Georgia calls for new fair elections and sanctions against the regime. It also calls for the release political prisoners and an evaluation of EU support.  

Georgia

Meeting of the DROI Committee of the EU Parliament discusses Tbilisi trip and hears Georgian speakers  

Georgia

Nacho Sanchez Amor says that the challenges in Georgia will be enormous because of the adoption of repressive legislation. The opposition must speak out with one voice, or else they will fall apart.  

Georgia

Levan Ioseliani says that the expectations regarding the Transparency Law have been exaggerated. The legislation is American, and it is not necessary to discuss its undemocratic nature.  

Georgia

Swedish Foreign Ministry: A new law registering foreign agents adds to a recent string of repressive laws that have sought to suppress independent voices within Georgia  

Georgia

The Guardian: Giorgi Bashiashvili was arrested by a group of eight local security officers in Abu Dhabi, before being taken to a police station and then put on a plane to Georgia.  

Georgia

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe calls for a review of legislative changes made in Georgia since November 20,24 that “disproportionately restricts the right to peaceful gathering”  

Ukraine

As part of a systematic policy, Russian forces have executed over 150 POWs belonging to Ukrainian intelligence units  

Georgia

Jeanne Shaheen says the arrest of Zurab Japaridze is shocking and unjust. Such actions confirm that Congress should stand with the Georgians against the suppression by “Georgian Dream”, of democratic institutions.  

Georgia

Amnesty International: Georgian authorities must stop violence against protesters