Labour safety standards were not effectively enforced causing high levels of injuries and fatalities at work and prompting strengthening of labour rights legislation. Electoral rules were changed to ensure greater representation of women in Parliament. Authorities continued to use disproportionate...

Responding to the news that the Parliament of Georgia has announced its intention to withdraw repressive bills on “foreign agents” following mass protests in Tbilisi, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The authorities have finally pledged...

Georgia’s parliament should firmly reject the two bills it is debating that would require individuals, civil society organizations, and media outlets to register with the Ministry of Justice as “agents of foreign influence” if they receive at least 20 percent of their funds from abroad, Human...

Georgian authorities are denying former President Mikheil Saakashvili adequate medical care, putting him at grave risk of death, permanent disability or other irreversible damage to his health, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have yet to respond to concerns...

Responding to the news that a court in Georgia has sentenced Nika Gvaramia, the owner and director of pro-opposition news channel Mtavari TV, to three-and-a-half years in prison for abusing his position and harming the financial interests of a television station he had previously ran, Marie...

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...

Reacting to the news that the office of Tbilisi Pride have been ransacked and activists and journalists attacked, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The violence against Tbilisi Pride organizers, activists and journalists was as...

Reacting to the news that the office of Tbilisi Pride have been ransacked and activists and journalists attacked, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The violence against Tbilisi Pride organizers, activists and journalists was as...

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...

Georgian police this morning stormed the headquarters of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party in Tbilisi, and arrested the party’s leader Nika Melia and dozens of others. Police reportedly using batons and chemical irritants against UNM supporters who allegedly tried to block police...

Georgian police this morning stormed the headquarters of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party in Tbilisi, and arrested the party’s leader Nika Melia and dozens of others. Police reportedly using batons and chemical irritants against UNM supporters who allegedly tried to block police...

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...

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...