Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

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ECHR registers case against Georgia’s foreign agent law

by OC Media

•2 min read

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has registered a case against the foreign agent law adopted amidst mass protests in Georgia, according to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA). The controversial foreign agent law has been sent to the ECHR for review on behalf 136 civil organisations in Georgia, including GYLA, as well as four private Georgian citizens. On Wednesday, GYLA cited six separate articles of the European Convention on Human Rights that the law allegedly violat

censorship

Georgian broadcasters told to remove Zurabishvili attack ads

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has ordered broadcasters to stop airing three attack ads aimed at presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili. The commission told broadcasters the adds, one of which calls Zurabishvili a traitor, violate Georgian legislation. On Tuesday, Tamta Muradashvili, a lawyer for opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2, published a letter the station received from the commission on Facebook. The GNCC is the official body regulating broadcast and ele

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Backlash against zero-hour contracts at Georgian Public Broadcaster

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) has announced plans to move a large number of their staff to zero-hour contracts. As employees protested the decision, local rights groups have called for parliament to step in. On 9 September, rights groups the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) put out a joint statement criticising the GPB’s plans. According to them, the new contracts would be ‘especially damaging’ to journalists at the

Freedom of Assembly

GYLA: Freedom of assembly is frequently violated in Georgia

by OC Media

•2 min read

The freedom of peaceful assembly and expression was infringed upon frequently in Georgia in 2015–2016, according to a new publication (Protest deemed a criminal offence) by Georgian human rights group, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA). Despite guarantees in Georgian legislation to the right to peaceful assembly, expressing this right is often accompanied by difficulties in real life. In addition, Georgia’s Administrative Offences Code in its current form fails to meet the requ