Human Rights Watch

Transitional authorities must protect evidence crucial for uncovering the fate of the disappeared and securing future justice.

“In many places around the world, strides were made toward disability rights, access to abortion, and dismantling colonial legacies, just to name a few” – HRW

In widespread and apparently punitive acts, Georgian security forces have chased down, violently detained, and beat protesters. Police also tortured and otherwise ill-treated them in police vans and police stations.

“Tech companies find themselves vulnerable to blocking and other forms of pressure by Russian authorities. However, this does not give the companies carte blanche to enable the Kremlin’s outrageous violations of human rights online” – HRW

Decree 147 expands government control over access to information on the internet for vaguely defined reasons of “national security” and “social order”.

“EU foreign affairs ministers gathering on 16 December to discuss Georgia should call for an independent investigation into the country’s clampdown on peaceful anti-government protests” – HRW

HRW raises concerns about accountability and complicity following an Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists with US-made munitions.

Hungary’s prime minister has rejected the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Some other EU states have not explicitly committed to enforcing the warrant.