Briefer: How emergency measures affected protests in Georgia

26-10-2021

Measures limiting protests, curfews, high fines for participating in assemblies: learn how the environment for protests was restricted during COVID-19 in Georgia.

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This briefer prepared by ECNL based on the study of the Human Rights Center (HRC) walks the reader through the timeline of the COVID-19 restrictions affecting protest rights in the country and provides a quick glance at how measures were amended to comply with international standards.

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Briefer: How emergency measures affected protests in Georgia

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