[12/11/07 15:00] Thomas Hammarberg today met with the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Zurab Tchiaberashvili, in Strasbourg to discuss about the situation in the country.
The Commissioner expressed his wish that the state of emergency is revoked soon and that full media liberties are restored as a matter of urgency.
Mr Hammarberg also put a particular emphasis on the need that the Government of Georgia carries out a thorough investigation about the excessive use of force exerted to repress last week's demonstrations. The Commissioner said that this investigation would be highly beneficial to start a reflection on how to respect human rights in times of crisis