The Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights

The present bulletin is part of our project "For building civil society" The aim of the project is propagating information about the processes in human rights sphere in Georgia. The project is sponsored by the Open Society - Georgia Foundation and the United States Information Service.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all those who helped us to prepare and publish the bulletin, especially, to Ms. Lisa Kaestner and Ms. Nathalie Ubilava for their gracious assistance in correcting the English version. We would also like to convey our deep appreciation to Mr. Jeffrey Steele of Steele Communications for providing us access to the Internet.

PROJECT DIRECTOR NANA KAKABADZE
PROJECT AUTOR GELA NIKOLAISHVILI

For addition information, please, contact:

Nana Kakabadze
Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights
21 Tamarashvili, III entrance, apt. #2
Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia 380062

Phone: (995-32)397981 or 344442
Fax: (995-32) 990801

The State of Protection of Civil and Political Human Rights in Georgia
1999-2000

1. Civil and Political Rights
   Georgia

2. Role of NGO's in Creation of Civil Society

3. Legal Basis

4. Freedom of Speech and Equal Access to Information

5. Law Enforcement and Human Rights

6. Judiciary Reform

7. Penitential System

8. Public Defender (Ombudsman)

Report on Human Rights in Georgia (2001)

1. Existed Background

2. The Institutions for the Protection of Human Rights

3. Freedom of the Press

4. NGOs

5. Freedom of Belief and Religion

6. Legislative Basis

7. Law-enforcement Agencies and the Society

8. Prisons and Penitentiary Establishments

9. What should be done in each direction

10. The Situation of Human Rights protection in Georgian Army

11. Corruption and its Combating

12. Annex I

The Bulletin of the Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights

Special Issue Devoted to US Department of State Human Rights Report on Georgia

1. Refugees

2. Tortures and Inhumane Treatment on the Part of Representatives of the Authority

3. The Situation at the Places of Imprisonment

4. Lawyer'S Admittance to a Defendant

5. Judicial Reform

6. Court, Corruption, Doubtful Cases

7. Freedom of Expression

1. Post-Totalitarian Regimes and Human Rights

2. Authority and Totalitarian Social Mentality

3. Georgia: Human Rights and Changing Authorities

4. Authority, Court and Corruption

5. The Facts of Human Rights Violations in Present Georgia

6. Notes about the Bill "On Meetings and Mass Demonstrations"

7. The Constitutional Court Refused to Accept the Suit

1. A Seminar In Tbilisi

2. Are There Political Prisoners In Georgia?

3. Violations In Current Georgia

4. Persecution Of Freedom Of Speech

5. What Is Going On In Abasha?

1. Non-Governmental Orginization for Human Rights in Post-Soviet Space
   • The transition period or the road to " illusionary " democracy
   • The crisis of the human rights movement
   • Human rights infrastructure as a condition for the development of Civil Society and Market Economy
   • Authority and human rights
   • Political human rights and the politics of human rights movement
   • The trading of the human rights - xxi century business
   • What impedes the human rights movement?
   • Thoughts about future

2. A Campaign on Abolition of Capital Punishment in Georgia
   • An Open letter to the Chairmen of the Constitutional Court and The Supreme Court of Georgia
   • An appeal to the Minister Interior of Georgia

3. The Members of Parliament on Abolition of Capital Punishment

4. Parliament of Georgia Not Been Up to the Mark

5. An Open Letter to the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia

6. The Asanidze Case

7. Facts on Violation of Human Rights

1. Preamble

2. The Authority, the Society and Human Rights

3. Against Capital Punishment

4. European Standards and Civil Conscience in Post Totalitarian Countries

5. Human Rights Violations in Law-Enforcement Bodies
   • Human Rights Violations Prior to Bringing a Charge Against an Individual
     
   • After Bringing an Accusation
     
   • Human Rights Violations by Justice

6. The Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights Appeal