Many NGOs’ and CSOs’ condemn police crackdown on social activists, politicians

Tbilisi: Large number of Non-Governmental organizations as well civil society organizations of Georgia have come together to condemn police action.

The Georgian police and other law enforcement agencies have launched a countrywide crackdown against the leader of opposition parties and social activists.

All these organisation have come on single platform to record her resentment.  They also issue a joint statement also in this regard. They are more than 20 local CSO who have signed this joint statement against police force.

In their joint statement official and representative of these organisation have called upon the Government agonies to release all people who have been arrested by law enforcement agencies.

Notably they have been arrested being part of ongoing protest against the government for suspension of talks on Georgia’s integration into European Union.

At the same time it also calls for the Central Election Commission (CEC) reforms and to conduct full investigation to brought all culprits to justice. Meanwhile in the same joint statement, all signatories calls the international partner of Georgia to take serious notice of this issues so that rights of common citizens of Georgia can be protected.

When Georgian Prime Minister announced to suspend its talks on Georgia integration into European Union on November, protesters went to streets against this decision of Government. They also blamed that this decision has been taken under Russian influence on foreign policy of Georgia.

The Georgian Association of Young Lawyers (GYLA) prominent watchdog organisation of Georgia also blamed the Georgian state agencies for unnecessary and excessive use of force against the innocent citizens as well.

Some of main organisation who have signed the joint statement included the following names:

1. Kvareli Euroclub
2. Proactive Group Georgia
3. Democratic Development Union of Georgia
4. Georgia Reforms Association
5. Georgian Future Academy
6. Center for Economic Policy Research
7. Prevention for progress
8. International Transparency – Georgia
9. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy Civil Society Foundation
10. European orbit of Georgia
11. Sapari
12. Democracy Defenders
13. Civic idea
14. Tolerance and Diversity Institute
15. Open Space Caucasus
16. Democracy Search Institute
17. Human Rights Center
18. Georgian Strategy and International Relations Research Center Civil Movement for Freedom
19. Partnership for Human Rights
20. Civil Solidarity Fund
21. Human Rights Defenders Association
22. Scientific-intellectual club “Dialogue of Generations” – RICDOG
23. Rule of Law Center