AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA ADVISORY
30 July 2010
Amnesty International report calling for further care for displaced people
Media invitation
Amnesty International is calling on the Georgian government to protect the rights of the nearly a quarter of a million of displaced people as a result of the conflicts in the past two decades.
The organization will present its report In the waiting room: Internally displaced people in Georgia, which focuses on the most pressing issues faced by displaced people — housing, employment, access to health and benefits – at a press conference in Tbilisi.
Prior to the press conference, Amnesty International delegates will meet Georgian officials to present the organization’s recommendations.
When: 12.00 local time (08.00 GMT), 5 August 2010, Thursday
Where: Open Society Georgia Foundation
10, Chovelidze street, 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia
Who: Nicola Duckworth, Europe and Central Asia Programme Director at Amnesty International
Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s expert on Georgia
For further information, to receive an advance copy of the report and to arrange for interviews, please contact:
Lydia Aroyo, Press Officer, (speaking English and Russian) e-mail: ; tel. +44 (0)20 7413 5599, UK mobile +44 (0) 7771 796 350, Georgian mobile: 857 48 90 53.