Georgia: Court order on five independent NGOs a blow to freedom of association

Georgia: Court order on five independent NGOs a blow to freedom of association

Reacting to news that a court in Georgia has ordered five independent civil society organizations to submit highly sensitive information about beneficiaries protected through their human rights work, as well as information on their activities and grants, to the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:“This order is yet another example of the authorities’ escalati…