Civil Society Organizations respond to general and blanket restriction imposed by Security Services with regard to access of media, civil society and political party representatives to villages adjacent to occupied Tkhinvali region/South Ossetia and urge the Government to change the movement regime, which contradicts human rights standards.

More than 500 political, civil leaders, Nobel Laureates and pro-democracy institutions have signed an open letter to defend democracy.

We the Georgian civil society representatives, civic activists and media representatives, would like to draw your attention to the upcoming 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia.

Openness of court hearings is an important aspect of fair trial for parties to proceedings.

A session of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Georgia has been scheduled for April 3. According to the published agenda, the appointment of a judge to the vacant position of a member of the Constitutional Court will be discussed at the session.

We, the human rights organizations and groups defending the freedom of the media, express our extreme concern about the alarming processes taking place within the Adjara Public Broadcaster (APB).

The President of Georgia stated that Georgia was ready to host a delegation from the Russian Federation in May, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, by bypassing the Georgian Law on Occupied Territories. 

We once again call on the Georgian Dream to take into account their responsibility towards the democratic development of the country and to re-submit the initiative on Constitutional Changes to the Parliament in relation to the adoption of a proportional electoral system.