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Human Rights Center monitored 25 court proceedings where alleged political motives are identified
December 28, 2020
Since February 1, 2020, HRC carries out the monitoring of the court proceedings in the general courts of the cases with alleged political motives. Until the end of 2020, there were 25 cases under the monitoring of HRC, the court hearings for the part of the cases are now over.
Children from socially vulnerable families lack both nutrition and education
December 28, 2020
Khatuna Ch. applied to Human Rights Center (HRC) for legal aid. She lives in Kharagauli with her husband and 4 minor children. Three out of the four children go to school. Because Ch.’s family does not have Internet and computer, children cannot attend online classes. The family has already received a warning from the school as due to many absences, the current education year may be considered as an academic for the children.
Children left without Education
December 22, 2020
Online education has exacerbated and highlighted the grave social problems in the country. Up to 10,000 children who do not have Internet and computers at home have been hindered in their right to education.და.
Overview of the first and second Rounds of the Parliamentary Elections in Kvemo Kartli
November 30, 2020
The 2020 Parliamentary Elections were held in Georgia under a revised electoral system. The citizens of Georgia elected the legislature with a model that is close to the proportional system. However, due to irregularities in the election process, opposition parties and part of the public do not recognize the results. Some of the NGOs believe that the October 31 elections were marked by a low degree of democracy, which would significantly hamper the sustainable development of the country.
Covid Crises in the Health Care System
November 27, 2020
The daily rate of coronavirus infections in Georgia has long exceeded four thousands. The Georgian healthcare system has met such a high spread of the disease completely unprepared - people are unable to call an ambulance, receive family doctor's consultation or do receive them late, hospitals are overcrowded, and places are no longer available even for the patients in critical conditions. The medical staff is also in a difficult situation. Since the beginning of the pandemic on February 26, 10 physicians have died in Georgia and several hundred have been infected with the coronavirus. Covid hospitals are short on personnel.
Georgian Dream being in the majority as the opposition being in the streets: Two Rounds of the Parliamentary Elections
November 25, 2020
For the first during the eight-year rule of Georgian Dream, the most acute problem of legitimacy arose with regard the Parliamentary Elections of October 31, 2020. The results of the elections are not recognized by the entire opposition including those who managed to enter the parliament and those parties who failed to win the seat in the Parliament.
The main trends identified by Human Rights Center in the second round of the Parliamentary Elections
November 22, 2020
Human Rights Center (HRC) observed the second round of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections in the polling stations of Khashuri-Kareli and Rustavi-Gardabani municipalities. The HRC monitors were observing the process of executing the election procedures from the opening of polling stations to the end of the polling, further they observed the counting process and the completion of summary protocols. The HRC observers also focused on the territory adjacent to the polling stations.
Successful cases of Human Rights Center (July-October, 2020)
November 14, 2020
The European Court of Human Rights Ruled that State of Georgia Shall Pay EURO 10 000 to the Applicant
HRC’s preliminary assessment of the Parliamentary Election
October 31, 2020
Press-Release - 31.10.2020 - 20:00 pm
Monitoring the Pre-Election Environment of 2020 Parliamentary Elections Second Interim Report
October 30, 2020
Human Rights Center, with the support of Open Society Georgia Foundation, carries out pre-election, election day and post-election period monitoring of October 31, 2020 Parliamentary Elections from September 1, 2020 until the end of November 2020.
Pre-election violent environment in Kvemo Kartli
October 26, 2020
During the pre-election period of 2020 Parliamentary Elections, a number of violent incidents were reported in some of the municipalities of Kvemo Kartli region, which could be assessed as politically motivated violent acts. According to some NGOs, the incidents are detrimental to a peaceful and fair election environment.
Violent incident in Akhalubani and mutual accusations during the pre-election campaigns
October 26, 2020
While until now, the representatives of the opposition parties were claiming to have problems with entering the villages near the occupation line and holding pre-election meetings there, today they faced a problem of ruining the meetings like for instance on October 16, when some local residents broke up the meeting of Levan Tarkhnishvili, the majoritarian candidate of the European Georgia in Gori and Kaspi municipalities, with local population in village Akhalubani.
Donations from Business MP Candidates - Investing in Future Tenders
September 30, 2020
The Parliamentary Elections of 2020 in Georgia stands out in quantities of donations. According to the information from the Monitoring Department of Political Finance of the State Audit Office, the parties received total of GEL 14,690,602.52 from January 1 to September 14, 2020 as donations.
Coronavirus pandemic and human rights
September 24, 2020
From July 1 to September 20, the Human Rights Center provided legal advice to 213 persons on the cases of human rights violations during the state of emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic; HRC applied to administrative authorities on behalf of 18 allegedly abused persons and filed legal suits with courts on behalf of three individuals.
Field Visits in Senaki and Kaspi municipalities
September 9, 2020
On September 7 and 8, Human Rights Center, in the frame of the project “Free Legal Advocacy and Human Rights Monitoring After the COVID-19 Pandemic”, organized field visits to the project targeted regions of Samegrelo and Shida Kartli.
Opposition is not able to hold pre-election campaigns in the villages adjacent to the occupation line
July 30, 2020
The representatives of opposition parties are deprived of the possibility to enter the villages near the occupation line and hold the pre-election campaigns there.
The Russian Federation Continues Committing Grave Human Rights Violations of Citizens of Georgia
July 21, 2020
Georgian Coalition for International Criminal Court (GCICC) responds to the cases of illegal detention and prosecution of citizens of Georgia, Zaza Gakheladze and Khvicha Mghebrishvili by the Russian Federation which constitute grave violations of the fundamental human rights.
Parliamentary Elections during the Pandemic
July 16, 2020
In October 2020, the Parliamentary Elections shall be held in Georgia, exactly at that time the epidemiologists expect the second wave of the coronavirus. On the 2nd of July, the amendments were made to the Election Code according to which some of the election events and dates were specified; further, for the prevention of the spread of the new coronavirus, the Central Election Commission shall determine as needed the restrictions on the election day, and the rules to be observed at the electoral precincts as provided for by the Election Code.
Office of the United National Movement was raided in Gori
July 1, 2020
On June 26, the members of the Gori municipal organization of the United National Movement found their office raided. Nobody was in the office during the incident. UNM members stated that window-glasses were smashed, and equipment and technique were destroyed.
Journalists request free access to the villages close to the occupation line
June 30, 2020
The villages located alongside the occupation line are still closed for the Georgian media. Journalists were deprived of the right to freely move and report from the villages for several months already. The police officers standing at the blockposts in the entrances to the villages ban the journalists to enter there. “Your visit must be agreed with the MIA,” they clarify to the journalists.