Tamar Khidasheli, President of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association, has stated that if the Armenian community in Georgia comes to her organization for legal help the group will assist in whatever way possible. Mrs. Khidasheli made her comments in when responding to Hetq in an online interview conducted by the Caucasus Journalists Network on June 4. She refrained from commenting on the ten year prison sentence handed down by a Georgian court to Javakh activist Vahagn Chakhalyan, saying that her organization didn't have pertinent information on the case. "We have obtained information through other groups according to which it is evident that there have been violations of the judicial process," she said. Mrs. Khidasheli noted that the refusal of the Georgian Ministry of Justice to register a French-Armenian attorney as Mr. Chakhalyan's lawyer was a breach of the defendant's rights. She said she knew of no other cases when a lawyer was refused registration. "There is no doubt that there is a need to reform the internal workings of the system to ensure one's legal rights. This is borne out by the fact that the number of cases submitted to the European Court from various Council of Europe nations rises yearly," Mrs. Khidasheli said in reference to the situation of human rights in Georgia.