Georgia ends state of emergency

Georgia lifted the state of emergency 16 November 2007 it had imposed nine days earlier amid a wave of opposition protests.

BBC News, 20.12.07: Georgia crackdown 'went too far' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7153561.stm

Human Rights Watch: Human Rights News, 19.12.07: Georgia: Government Used Excessive Force on Protesters http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/12/17/georgi17572.htm

International Crisis Group: Europe, No.189: Georgia: Sliding towards Authoritarianism? (December 2007) http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/189_georgia___sliding_towards_authoritarianism.pdf

Deutsche Welle, 10.11.07: Western Pressure Mounts on Georgia to Lift Emergency Rule http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2898547,00.html

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