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...

Covid-19, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and widespread reliance on “traditional values” have compounded a deteriorating human rights situation and increasing levels of domestic violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report exposes institutional, social and cultural challenges...

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...

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...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

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...

This report documents the state of human rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2019. It is composed of a regional overview and 12 country entries, subdivided by key human rights themes.

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...

As the anti-government rally continues in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the authorities must restrain from using unnecessary force against peaceful protesters. Force must only be used if non-violent means are unlikely to be effective and law enforcement officials must seek to minimize harm and...

The complete ban on movement between the breakaway territory of the South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region and the rest of Georgia is undermining the human rights of local civilians. Since early September, the de facto authorities in the South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region suspended freedom of movement across...

Efforts by the Russian forces and de-facto authorities of the breakaway regions to “securitize” the administrative boundary lines (ABL) between South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region, Abkhazia, and the rest of the Georgian territory have had a long-lasting negative human rights impact. Amnesty...

On 18-22 June, the first LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) Pride week in Georgia and the South Caucasus will take place, featuring a public march in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Georgian authorities must take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of Tbilisi Pride...

See below.