Intermediate Report Research of Pre-election Period - The Human ...

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Statement of Human Rights Center about the Recent Detention of Human Rights Defenders
and Activists: Human Rights Center condemns the detention of human rights defenders
Dachi Tsaguria and Beka Aladoshvili, as well as members of the political coalition Georgian
Dream over the past few days.
We believe that the government‟s repression of human rights defenders and politically active
citizens, particularly at a time of obvious political crisis in the country, exceeds all
boundaries.
Instead of seeking lawful solutions to the political deadlock in order that fair elections might
take place on October 1, the government is further complicating an already tense political
environment.
We consider the recent incidents of detention and physical violence against peaceful citizens
as a continuation of the government‟s policy which caused horrible and unbearable
conditions in penitentiary institutions. Recent repeated incidents of violence convince us
that the government of Georgia cannot realize the importance of the shocking video-footage
and is not going to eradicate illegality in the country.
In addition, Human Rights Center points out that whilst pre-election processes were carried
out at the edge of illegality until now, the recent facts prove that there is a real threat that
this process will now definitively become an illegal one, making the elections useless.
Recent facts compel us to doubt the government‟s desire to hold elections on the fixed day in
a peaceful and fair environment.
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