Self-Governments

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy and Georgian Young Lawyers\' Association GYLA to Monitor an Assembly to be Held in Batumi

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) and Georgian Young Lawyers\' Association (GYLA) will monitor the manifestation to be held by the coalition Georgian Dream on August 05, 2012 in Batumi. The monitoring will be carried out within the frames of a long-term pre-election monitoring, which entails monitoring of public meetings organized by political parties as well as realization of freedom of assembly and manifestation. Monitors will observe all developments in Batumi and throughout the regions related to organization of the August 05, 2012 assembly and mobilization and relocation of participants. ISFED and GYLA remain hopeful that the assembly will be held in a peaceful environment and the authorities will observe legal guarantees for assembly and manifestation.