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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has called on the Georgian authorities to respect and protect the rights to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly following several nights of protests that were marred by violence, and dispersed using disproportionate, and in some cases unnecessary, force by the police in the capital, Tbilisi. OHCHR / UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / GEORGIA
TRT: 01:17
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 DECEMBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais de Nations
2. Wide shot, speakers, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Last night, the protests continued in the capital, Tbilisi, and police forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in front of the parliament building.”
4. Med shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We reiterate the call by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Georgian authorities to respect and protect the rights to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly.”
6. Med shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The use of unnecessary or disproportionate force against demonstrators and media workers is extremely worrying. Any use of force by security personnel must remain an exception and comply with the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, precaution and non-discrimination.”
8. Med shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“All Georgians from across the political spectrum should be able to express their views about the future of their country freely and peacefully.”
10. Wide shot, exterior, Palais de Nations

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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has called on the Georgian authorities to respect and protect the rights to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly following several nights of protests that were marred by violence, and dispersed using disproportionate, and in some cases unnecessary, force by the police in the capital, Tbilisi.

“Last night, the protests continued in the capital, Tbilisi, and police forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in front of the parliament building,” UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said at the UN bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva today (3 Dec).

The UN Human Rights Office had issued a detailed statement on the situation on Monday evening.

“We reiterate the call by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Georgian authorities to respect and protect the rights to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly,” Laurence said.

“The use of unnecessary or disproportionate force against demonstrators and media workers is extremely worrying. Any use of force by security personnel must remain an exception and comply with the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, precaution and non-discrimination,” the spokesperson said.

“All Georgians from across the political spectrum should be able to express their views about the future of their country freely and peacefully,” Laurence concluded.

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