We, the signatories named below, call upon the citizens of Georgia as well as international society to draw attention to the state of human rights, rule of law and democracy in the country, affecting pre-election environment in the run up to t ...
This statement is issued in reaction to the arrest of Rustavi 2 TV Company supporters outside the parliamentary building for assaulting MP Davit Lortkipanidze of the faction Georgian Dream. The detainees were charged with hooliganism (Article ...
According to the reports in the media today, a court has ruled to freeze the assets of the Sakartvelo TV station upon request from Kibar Khalvashi’s lawyer. The Sakartvelo TV station owns 51 percent of the Rustavi-2 TV station (Sakartvelo is o ...
On September 16, 2015 the Constitutional Court of Georgia announced its ruling in Giorgi Ugulava’s case. We issue this statement in light of the recent developments around the case. Over the past two days there have been different reports about i ...
Bodies of local self-government provided access to public information after ISFED filed subsequent complaints in court. Problems faced by ISFED with respect to accessing public information in the process of monitoring local self-government activiti ...
Tetritskaro District Court abolished the decision of the Commission for Selection and Certification limiting ISFED’s authority to monitor competition process for municipal public service employment. As you may know, IS ...
This Affects You Too – They Are Still Listening Campaign urges the law enforcement authorities to launch a probe based on Eka Mishveladze’s statement On October 8, while being a guest of Rustavi 2 talk show Archevani, journa ...
On August 31, 2015 the Georgian Dream coalition announced that no fundamental changes to the electoral system were being planned prior to the 2016 parliamentary elections. Instead, the government plans to introduce two changes. Firstly, a new ...