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Georgie ontruimte kantoor Milieuorganisatie
Evert Hassink - 14.05.2007 16:01

De Georgische zusterorganisatie van Milieudefensie is vrijdag 11 mei op brute wijze uit haar kantoor gezet. De ontruiming is exemplarisch voor de houding van de overheid ten opzichte van kritische organisaties. Maar ook andere bewoners en gebruikers van overheidsgebouwen worden op straat gezet. De Georgische overheden zijn bezig waardevol onroerend goed te verkopen

GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES ILLEGALLY EVICT GREEN GROUP

Friends of the Earth network outraged by heavy-handed government in
EU-endorsed democracy
***

Tbilisi, (Georgia), Brussels (Belgium) 14 May - Friends of the Earth
groups from 31 countries across Europe have reacted in outrage to the illegal forced eviction of Friends of the Earth Georgia from its office in Tbilisi. [1]

Fouad Hamdan, Director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: "The Friends
of the Earth Europe network is appalled that the government of Georgia side-stepped legal processes to force out Friends of the Earth Georgia from its office. It is extremely worrying that a democratic government endorsed by the European Union is asserting its authority in such an
intimidating and autocratic manner like in Soviet times."

At 8am on Friday 11 May, about 200 policemen surrounded the office of Friends of the Earth Georgia and their office equipment was loaded into trucks and driven away to a storage area, where much of it was damaged or even destroyed. [2] "Authorities should reverse the eviction, compensate for the losses and apologise to Friends of the Earth Georgia," Mr Hamdan
demanded.

Friends of the Earth Georgia has been officially renting its office from the Administration of Mushtaidi Park since 1998, and had an official 10 year tenancy agreement valid until December 2008. But the City Municipality of Tbilisi abolished the agreement, demanding that the
environmental group should leave the premises within five days. The group
appealed to the courts but this fact was not even considered by the police.

This eviction is one in a current trend in Georgia, in which the government has begun to sell off properties of high value (in some recent cases, privately-owned properties have even been seized where they are deemed strategic to the state). Friends of the Earth Georgia's office
building is valuable as it is historically and architecturally interesting
and is located in the centre of the city in the middle of a 170-year old park.

However, the abrupt abolition of Friends of the Earth Georgia's tenancy
agreement and aggressive style of the eviction contrasts with other cases. As a rule, renters in similar situations have had at least three months to empty their building following a court decision against them.

Recently, Friends of the Earth Georgia has mobilised public protests
against the Georgian Government's policy to lease out its forests. And over the last few months Friends of the Earth Georgia has been constantly criticising the government for failing to adopt a strong regulation
to contain genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).

"Friends of the Earth is the largest grassroots environmental network in
the world. Forcefully evicting our Georgian group from its premises will absolutely not stop us campaigning against environmental malpractices in Georgia." Mr Hamdan concluded.


***
For more information, please contact:

Giorgi Magradze, Chairman of Friends of the Earth Georgia/the Greens
Movement of Georgia (spoken languages: Georgian, English, Russian).
Mobile +995 99 244632,  magio7@gmail.com

Rosemary Hall, Communications Officer at Friends of the Earth Europe (Spoken Language: English)
Mobile +32 485 930515,  rosemary.hall@foeeurope.org

NOTES:
[1] The Friends of the Earth Europe network includes groups from 31
countries across Europe.
See:  http://www.foeeurope.org/members/list.htm

[2] For photos of the damage to property, see
 http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2007/May14_FH_Georgia.htm

Website: http://www.milieudefensie.nl
 

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