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Georgian civil society expresses its gratitude to the United States of America for its longstanding support of Georgia’s independence, security, sovereignty, democracy, and Euro-Atlantic integration.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and the undersigned organisations condemn the adoption of legislative amendments by the Georgian Parliament, which effectively curtail and criminalise the legitimate human rights work of civil society in Georgia.

“Authorities in Georgia must end the intimidation of all human rights defenders and uphold their right to engage freely with international human rights mechanisms without fear of reprisals.”