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There is an independent human rights Public Defender of Georgia elected by the parliament to ensure such rights are enforced. [1] However, it has been alleged by Amnesty International , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Human Rights Watch , [ 4 ] the United States Department of State [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and the Georgian opposition [ 7 ] that these rights are often breached.
On 16 December 2021, the European Court of Human Rights judged that the failure to protect the demonstration by Georgia state was a violation of the articles 3, 14 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [18]
Human Rights Watch – On 20 December 2007, Human Rights Watch released a 102-page report, named Crossing the Line: Georgia's Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television, criticising what it saw as the Government's "usage of excessive force" on protesters the police's raide on Imedi.
The Treasury referred to the Special Task Department's use of mass beatings, verbal abuse, and threats of sexual violence to suppress dissent, including targeting journalists and abusing detained protesters. The sanctions were coordinated with the UK, which also sanctioned five individuals for human rights violations in Georgia. [95]
Pages in category "Human rights abuses in Georgia (country)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United Nations Security Council met on 8 August to discuss apparent human-rights violations of human rights, and condemned the Russian bombing as undermining Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States ordered Russia to cease its attacks in Georgia and withdraw all forces from Georgian territory. [6]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about ...
The Human Rights Watch report drafted in 1995 included a detailed account of the war crimes and atrocities committed during the war. It concludes that "Human Rights Watch finds Abkhaz forces responsible for the foreseeable wave of revenge, human rights abuse, and war crimes that were unleashed on the Georgian population in Sukhumi and other ...