Amnesty International calls on the Georgian authorities to drop the criminal charges carrying a disproportionate custodial sentence against protesters Omar Okribashvili and Saba Meparishvili, release them and conduct a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into their allegations of ill-treatment.
Georgian authorities have repeatedly failed to respect the right to peaceful assembly by using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and failing to prevent violence by groups of unidentified men. Amnesty International calls on the authorities to immediately end these violations and ensure that everyone is free to exercise their right to peaceful assembly. They should…
Covid-19, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and widespread reliance on “traditional values” have compounded a deteriorating human rights situation and increasing levels of domestic violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report exposes institutional, social and cultural challenges faced by survivors of domestic violence in the region and demonstrates how ill-adapted and often deaf…
A new cooperation agreement between the security services of Georgia and Belarus should not be used to crackdown on freedom of expression and the right to privacy. The agreement on cooperation between the State Security Committee of Belarus and State Security Services of Georgia which came into force on 1 August provides for cooperation and…
Amnesty International is concerned that the Georgian authorities are failing in their duty to ensure effective protection the children placed in alternative care at the Ninotsminda boarding school, in the mountainous region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Georgia’s authorities must ensure safety of all the children in the Georgian Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda boarding school amidst allegations of child…
This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St Kitts and Nevis.
The recent death of a young man in custody in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, followed by allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of two detainees in Tskhinvali detention center, has sparked widespread protests in Georgia’s breakaway region. Torture and other ill-treatment have been widespread in this territory for more than a decade in the context of…
This report documents the state of human rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2019. It is composed of a regional overview and 12 country entries, subdivided by key human rights themes.
The de facto authorities in Georgia’s breakaway territory of South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region must stop any “criminal” proceedings against two local outspoken journalists, Tamara Mearakishvili and Irina Kelekhsaeva. The de facto authorities should refrain from using any other retaliatory measures against these and any of their critics and ensure that any person in South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region…
As the anti-government rally continues in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the authorities must restrain from using unnecessary force against peaceful protesters. Force must only be used if non-violent means are unlikely to be effective and law enforcement officials must seek to minimize harm and injury.
The complete ban on movement between the breakaway territory of the South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region and the rest of Georgia is undermining the human rights of local civilians. Since early September, the de facto authorities in the South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region suspended freedom of movement across the only operating crossing points over the administrative boundary line (ABL)…