Police Used Illegal and Disproportionate Force against the Peaceful Civil Protest
On March 7-8, 2023, the police used illegal and disproportionate force against peaceful civil protesters. Mass arrests were made, and according to information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 66 individuals were administratively detained. In so ...
We call on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to end the practice of unjustified detention of activists and journalists
On March 2, 2023, the peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament of Georgia resulted in the administrative arrest of 36 people, including journalists. According to available information, the arrests were made on the basis of articles 166 (pett ...
Russian law against Georgia's European future
Today, in the Georgian Parliament the construction of the Great Russian Wall has commenced with the aim of isolating Georgia from the rest of Europe. The parliamentary majority’s law undermines the Georgian people's ability to support and stren ...
EPDE: Law on Foreign Agents in Georgia is an attack against civil society
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) voices its severe concern over the draft bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” in Georgia. The stigmatization of non-governmental organizations as "foreign agents" marks the next ...
ENEMO condemns draft law on “foreign agents” in Georgia
The European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) expresses its deepest concerns regarding initiating a draft law on “foreign agents” by Members of Parliament in Georgia. The draft law plans for any civil or media organiza ...
Russian Law is not the will of Georgia
We, the people of Georgia, strongly oppose the bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary Majority, also endorsed by the Speaker of Parliament and other MPs. We declare that the attempts to adopt this Russian bill attack not only th ...
Statement regarding the trial of Mikheil Saakashvili
We, the signatory organizations, wish to comment once again on the extremely serious health condition of the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. As we have stated repeatedly, the extreme deterioration of Saakashvili’s con ...