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Tbilisi. The Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia shares a survey of community organizations operating in Georgia in 2019-2020 years.

“The purpose of the survey was to study groups operating in villages or small settlements of Georgia, their working environment and obstacles. Apart from composing results of the survey and accompanying recommendations, there has also been verified the list of operational community organizations. The list will be made public in the spring of 2021”, - is stated on the website of the organization in a social network.

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Source: The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. The United States Embassy is deeply concerned by the government’s decision to detain the head of a major opposition political party at the party’s headquarters this morning. 

We regret that the call of the United States and other international partners for restraint and dialogue was ignored. We are dismayed by the polarizing rhetoric from Georgia’s leadership at a time of crisis. Force and aggression are not the solution to resolving Georgia’s political differences.

Today, Georgia has moved backward on its path toward becoming a stronger democracy in the Euro-Atlantic family of nations.

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Source: The U.S. Embassy’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. Joint statement of Georgian Non-governmental organizations regarding the renewed arrests in Belarus.

"Belarusian authorities must immediately cease coordinated attacks on human rights defenders, journalists and NGOs" - the statement reads.

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Source: hrht.ge

Tbilisi. According to information released by “Rights Georgia”, on February 8, 2021, the European Commission started consultations aiming at attaining information on measures taken by EU member states to eliminate gender-based violence against women and domestic violence.

“Via conducting meetings the Commission intends to obtain relevant information in order to be able to improve its work on issues related to coordinated prevention and protection against violence. Those willing to participate in consultation have to get registered and filled out an online questionnaire”, - is stated on the website of the organization in a social network.

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Source: The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy responds to questions posed by representatives of the election administration and parties. This response involved the elections in regard to the results of PVT of the October 31, 2020 parliamentary elections including those related to imbalances revealed at 8% of precincts.

After the change in the governing body of ISFED, it was decided by the staff and board members of the organization to thoroughly re-examine shortcomings, identified in summary protocols, in order to provide comprehensive answers to questions raised by society. In this regard, in the first half of January, representatives of the head and regional offices of the organization reviewed summary protocols and attached documents of all polling stations selected for parallel vote tabulation (850 stations), including those of 25 special and so-called COVID polling stations, as well as three polling stations opened in penitentiary institutions”, - is stated in information released by the organization, - “within the framework of the revision, ISFED identified those summary protocols, in which sum of numbers of votes received by election subjects and void bulletins was more, equal or less than the total number of voters who participated in the elections. Within the revision process, there were also analyzed attached documents (correction protocols, explanations, and resolutions), besides, ISFED compared verified copies of summary protocols handed over to observers at the closing of the polling station and summary protocols uploaded on the website of the Central Election Commission”.

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Source: The website of the organization