Web Portal on Human Rights in Georgia
ARTICLES
2011-02-03
Amended Budget Unable to Provide for Needy 85-year-old
Aleksanda Kajaia lives in the village Menji, in the
district Bataria of the Senaki Municipality. “Lives’’ may not be the
right word for her situation. In 2000, her two-storied house almost
burned down. Only the walls of the first floor survived. The
85-year-old woman spends her night at neighbors or in the shed behind
her former house.
2011-02-02
City court did not return recreation status to Digomi forest-park
On January 31 Judge Dimitry Gvritishvili of the Tbilisi City Court did not satisfy the lawsuit of Ana Gabriadze and Caucasian Environmental NGO Network (CENN) where they complained about the changed status of the Digomi forest-park by the Tbilisi City Council.
2011-02-02
Jury Trial in Georgia
On October 1st of 2010 the new Criminal Code of Georgia came into effect. One of its main the main new innovations is the Jury Institution. The Jury Court will operate until July 1st of 2012 in Tbilisi only, and will cover cases of deliberate murder under aggravating circumstances.
2011-02-01
Amnesty International urges Georgian government to comply with international standards on eviction
Amnesty International is concerned that some of the
evictions that took place in Tbilisi between 20 and 24 of January,
failed to meet international standards. In particular, Amnesty
International is concerned that the authorities failed to give adequate
prior notice to those evicted, to ensure that all those eligible were
provided with financial assistance prior to their removal, and to give
full and unhindered access to monitors.
2011-02-01
Universities Were Unified, Students’ Fate Is Vague
With the initiative of the Ministry of Education Tbilisi
University of Economic Relations and Georgian Economy and Law
University joined the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University. The
representatives of the abolished universalities said the purpose of the
unification was better mobilization of the state funds and increase of
the education level.
2011-02-01
ECHR to Discuss the Case of Mass Deportation of Georgians from Russia
On January 31st, ECHR started hearings on the complaint
of Georgia vs. Russia submitted to the court in 2007. The complaint
concerns the mass deportation of ethnical Georgians from Russian
Federation. Georgia is accusing Russia in violating the range of
articles of European Convention.
OTHER NEWS
U.S. Condemns May 17 Homophobic Violence in Tbilisi
Four Men Arrested in Connection to May 17 Violence
No to Violence – Assembly in Batumi
Georgia Ranked 94th Place among Best Countries to Be a Mother
A Citizen Wounded When Combating Crime in Rustavi
Archive
BLOG
Historic Review of Georgian Political Advertisement
In 2005, American researchers estimated that political advertisements on TV have short (two-week) impact on voters. But the result is so rapid andDetailed...
Pre-election Advertisement Promises
Quality and Purpose of Political Advertisements
EDITORIAL
Human Rights Center to Monitor Trials on Former Senior Governmental Officials
How the detention process of former senior officials is going on; whether political motivation is detected in it and will the new initiativeDetailed...
As a result of international oppression, State Audit Office and National Bureau of Enforcement postponed the repressions
The August war- who is guilty?
POLL
How do you think, did the political prisoners, released by the Parliament of Georgia short time ago, deserve freedom?